Taste, scene engraved on a Leicester stoter
Also known as: De smaak, voorstelling gegraveerd op een Leicester-stoter
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1586 - 1597
Silver medal. Obverse: turned to the right with hat, sitting with crossed legs smoking a pipe; exergue: inscription. Reverse: original depiction: bust of a man facing left with laurel wreath within inscription. Possibly a stoter. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-16-128; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.15 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
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 2.4 cm x weight 2.15 g
Design
- Obverse
- turned to the right with hat, sitting with crossed legs smoking a pipe; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- original depiction: bust of a man facing left with laurel wreath within inscription. Possibly a stoter.
Identification
- Original title
- De smaak, voorstelling gegraveerd op een Leicester-stoter
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-16-128
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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