Reformed Diaconate in Amsterdam, Medal in the Form of a Poor Relief Token Entitling Needy Church Members to Bread during 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
1777
Reformed Diaconate in Amsterdam, Medal in the Form of a Poor Relief Token Entitling Needy Church Members to Bread during Distribution — Rijksmuseum object NG-VG-17-17.
Dated by the museum: 1777. Museum attribution: designer: Monogrammist CM (18e eeuw) (possibly), Amsterdam; medalist: Johan George Holtzhey, Amsterdam. Material: copper (metal), silver (metal). Museum description: Silver medal. Obverse: poorly dressed woman, seated on a stone with outstretched hands; a dove on her head, a yoke on her shoulders, and a lamb beside her within an inscription; exergue: empty. Reverse: two loaves of bread, the top one bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth within an inscription; exergue: year; specimen with copper pin
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- copper (metal) · silver (metal)
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 13.46 g
Identification
- Original title
- Gereformeerde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning die behoeftige kerklidmaten bij uitdeling recht gaf op brood
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-17
- Museum classification
- medal · alms token · broodpenning
Catalogue references
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