Reformed Diaconate in Amsterdam, token in the form of a poor token that entitled destitute church members to bread upon distribution
Also known as: Gereformeerde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning die behoeftige kerklidmaten bij uitdeling recht gaf op brood
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1741
Silver medal. Obverse: poorly dressed woman, sitting on a stone with outstretched hands; on her head a dove, on her shoulders a yoke, and beside her a lamb within an inscription; exergue: signature.
Reverse: two loaves of bread, the upper one bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth within an inscription; exergue: date; specimen with copper pin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-15-A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.45 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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.45 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 9.45 g
Design
- Obverse
- poorly dressed woman, sitting on a stone with outstretched hands; on her head a dove, on her shoulders a yoke, and beside her a lamb within an inscription; exergue: signature.
- Reverse
- two loaves of bread, the upper one bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth within an inscription; exergue: date; specimen with copper pin.
Identification
- Original title
- Gereformeerde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning die behoeftige kerklidmaten bij uitdeling recht gaf op brood
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-15-A
- Museum classification
- medal · broodpenning · 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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