Lead token with inscription "ELEMOSINAE"
Also known as: Loodje met opschrift "ELEMOSINAE"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1608
Copper medal. Obverse: inscription below two stars and above one star. Reverse: crowned coat of arms in cartouche between date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-198; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 15.36 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)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 15.36 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 15.36 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription below two stars and above one star.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms in cartouche between date
Identification
- Original title
- Loodje met opschrift "ELEMOSINAE"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-198
- 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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