Hope for a favourable resolution of the religious disputes in Aachen, jeton in honour of Albert and Isabella of Austria
Also known as: Hoop op een gunstige oplossing van de religieuze geschillen te Aken, rekenpenning ter ere van Albrecht en Isabella van Oostenrijk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1613
Copper jeton. Obverse: burning altar, the fire of which is fanned by wind within circumscription; exergue: date. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece within circumscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1051; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.96 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 2.8 cm x weight 4.96 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.96 g
Design
- Obverse
- burning altar, the fire of which is fanned by wind within circumscription; exergue: date.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece within circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Hoop op een gunstige oplossing van de religieuze geschillen te Aken, rekenpenning ter ere van Albrecht en Isabella van Oostenrijk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1051
- 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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