Conclusion of the Twelve Years' Truce between the Republic and Spain, jeton struck by order of the Audit Office of Zeeland
Also known as: Sluiting van het Twaalfjarig Bestand tussen de Republiek en Spanje, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de rekenkamer van Zeeland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1609
Silver medal. Obverse: illuminated by heavenly light containing the name Jehovah in Hebrew script, two men, representing Maurice and Spinola, who have removed their helmets, shake hands; in the background the two armies within circumscription.
Reverse: crowned coat of arms on a cartouche within two-line circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1012; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.2 cm x weight 7.56 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 7.56 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.2 cm x weight 7.56 g
Design
- Obverse
- illuminated by heavenly light containing the name Jehovah in Hebrew script, two men, representing Maurice and Spinola, who have removed their helmets, shake hands; in the background the two armies within circumscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms on a cartouche within two-line circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Sluiting van het Twaalfjarig Bestand tussen de Republiek en Spanje, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de rekenkamer van Zeeland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1012
- Museum classification
- jeton
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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