Revolutionary Committee in Groningen, medal awarded to Antonius van Peer, member of the committee
Also known as: Commite Revolutionair te Groningen, penning toegekend aan Antonius van Peer, lid van het commitee
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1795
Gold medal. Obverse: Hercules and Minerva together help a woman with a crown, representing Groningen, kneeling on her knees, to her feet; in her right hand she holds a cap of liberty on a spear, in her left an oak wreath; at her feet lie a broken fasces and yoke; in the background a view of the Martinitoren and the rising sun within a legend; exergue: date.
Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3050; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 4.8 cm x weight 50.21 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 50.21 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.8 cm x weight 50.21 g
Design
- Obverse
- Hercules and Minerva together help a woman with a crown, representing Groningen, kneeling on her knees, to her feet; in her right hand she holds a cap of liberty on a spear, in her left an oak wreath; at her feet lie a broken fasces and yoke; in the background a view of the Martinitoren and the rising sun within a legend; exergue: date.
- Reverse
- inscription
Identification
- Original title
- Commite Revolutionair te Groningen, penning toegekend aan Antonius van Peer, lid van het commitee
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3050
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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