Medal on the sacking of The Hague
Also known as: penning over de plundering van 's-Gravenhage
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1528
Circumscription, obverse, engraved: ‘(ЭЄ) QVI ◊ SACER ◊ ANTE ◊ CALIX • IAM • SVM • QVOD • CERNIS • ADEMIT • ILLIVS • HANC • FORMA • GELDER • IN ◊ URbE • DEDIT •’.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4369; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 3.5 cm x weight 6.97 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
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 6.97 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 6.97 g
Identification
- Original title
- penning over de plundering van 's-Gravenhage
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4369
- Museum classification
- 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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