City of Antwerp, token that entitled the bearer to bread during distribution
Also known as: Stad Antwerpen, loodje dat bij uitdeling recht gaf op brood
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1800
Single-sided brass square token. Obverse: within round beaded border: monogram of letters A and B between ornament within circumscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-145-B; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2 cm x width 2 cm x weight 1.97 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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 2 cm x width 2 cm x weight 1.97 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2 cm x width 2 cm x weight 1.97 g
Design
- Obverse
- within round beaded border: monogram of letters A and B between ornament within circumscription.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Antwerpen, loodje dat bij uitdeling recht gaf op brood
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-145-B
- Museum classification
- bread token · alms token
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, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against numismatic (token) references.