Medal Presented by the College of Elders and the Merchants of Bremen to the City of Groningen
Also known as: Penning door het College van oudsten en de kooplieden van Bremen aan de stad Groningen vereerd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1804
Silver medal. Obverse: crowned woman between caduceus and ship's rudder within inscription. Reverse: inscription on plaque; exergue: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-3131; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5.6 cm x weight 68.71 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5.6 cm x weight 68.71 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.6 cm x weight 68.71 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned woman between caduceus and ship's rudder within inscription.
- Reverse
- inscription on plaque; exergue: date.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning door het College van oudsten en de kooplieden van Bremen aan de stad Groningen vereerd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-3131
- 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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