Medal of copper, 1685
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1685
Copper medal. Obverse: beneath a crown: two standing figures, the left of whom shows an elongated object to the right figure. Reverse: couple walking to the left arm in arm, the woman wearing a fluttering veil, above date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-16-124; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.82 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.82 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.82 g
Design
- Obverse
- beneath a crown: two standing figures, the left of whom shows an elongated object to the right figure.
- Reverse
- couple walking to the left arm in arm, the woman wearing a fluttering veil, above date.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning van koper
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-16-124
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.