Leiden University, medal presented by the curators
Also known as: Hogeschool van Leiden, penning door de curatoren vereerd
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1738-02 - 1738-05
Silver medal. Obverse: Minerva with shield, spear, and an open book sits beneath an olive tree in which three coats of arms hang; to her right, an owl. Reverse: laurel and ivy branch tied together with two ribbons into a wreath; within, a blank field.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-408; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 5 cm x weight 27.95 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 5 cm x weight 27.95 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5 cm x weight 27.95 g
Design
- Obverse
- Minerva with shield, spear, and an open book sits beneath an olive tree in which three coats of arms hang; to her right, an owl.
- Reverse
- laurel and ivy branch tied together with two ribbons into a wreath; within, a blank field
Identification
- Original title
- Hogeschool van Leiden, penning door de curatoren vereerd
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-408
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.