Reformed Diaconate in Amsterdam, medal in the form of a poor token, presented to newly appointed deacons and deaconesses
Also known as: Gereformeerde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning, geschonken aan nieuw aangekomen diakenen en diakenessen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1777
Silver medal. Obverse: poorly dressed woman, seated on a stone with hands spread; on her head a dove, on her shoulders a yoke, and beside her a lamb, within an inscription; exergue: empty.
Reverse: two loaves of bread, the upper bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth, within an inscription; exergue: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-17-18; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 13.83 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
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3 cm x weight 13.83 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 13.83 g
Design
- Obverse
- poorly dressed woman, seated on a stone with hands spread; on her head a dove, on her shoulders a yoke, and beside her a lamb, within an inscription; exergue: empty.
- Reverse
- two loaves of bread, the upper bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth, within an inscription; exergue: date
Identification
- Original title
- Gereformeerde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning, geschonken aan nieuw aangekomen diakenen en diakenessen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-17-18
- Museum classification
- broodpenning · medal · alms token
Catalogue references
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Research required
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