City of Antwerp, lead token with letter G
Also known as: Stad Antwerpen, loodje met letter G
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1620
Copper medal. Obverse: two open hands above castle and date within inscription. Reverse: letters G; therein: open hand within inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-146; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 3.25 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.3 cm x weight 3.25 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.3 cm x weight 3.25 g
Design
- Obverse
- two open hands above castle and date within inscription.
- Reverse
- letters G; therein: open hand within inscription
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Antwerpen, loodje met letter G
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-146
- Museum classification
- 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
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