Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen and the refusal of the tenth penny
Also known as: Inname van Den Briel door de watergeuzen en het weigeren van de tiende penning
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1572-04-01
Oval silver medal. Obverse: sword with a coin on its tip; to the right nine more coins, to the left a pair of spectacles and a flute within an inscription and decorative border.
Reverse: two men, the left one wearing a gourd on a strap and the right one a coin around his neck within an inscription and decorative border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-392; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting; measurements length 3.9 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 18.63 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
- casting
- Measurements
- length 3.9 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 18.63 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 3.9 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 18.63 g
Design
- Obverse
- sword with a coin on its tip; to the right nine more coins, to the left a pair of spectacles and a flute within an inscription and decorative border.
- Reverse
- two men, the left one wearing a gourd on a strap and the right one a coin around his neck within an inscription and decorative border.
Identification
- Original title
- Inname van Den Briel door de watergeuzen en het weigeren van de tiende penning
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-392
- Museum classification
- history medal · beggar's medal
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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