Medal with inscriptions TGG and IHS
Also known as: Penning met opschriften TGG en IHS
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1800
Lead square medal with rounded corners. Obverse: letter T above two letters G. Reverse: Christogram IHS, with a cross on the H. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-20-52; its record gives material recorded as lead (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.2 cm x width 2.3 cm x weight 7.93 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lead (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 2.2 cm x width 2.3 cm x weight 7.93 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.2 cm x width 2.3 cm x weight 7.93 g
Design
- Obverse
- letter T above two letters G.
- Reverse
- Christogram IHS, with a cross on the H.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met opschriften TGG en IHS
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-20-52
- Museum classification
- medal
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against medallic references.