Albert and Isabella of Austria, Jetton Struck by Order of the States of Brabant
Also known as: Albrecht en Isabella van Oostenrijk, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Brabant
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1615
Copper medal. Obverse: busts of a man and a woman beneath a crown within circumscription; exergue: inscription above decorative motif. Reverse: coat of arms on a crossed crosier, surmounted by a mitre, and a lance, surmounted by a helmet, surrounded by four coats of arms tied together with a cord within circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1057; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 4.5 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 4.5 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 4.5 g
Design
- Obverse
- busts of a man and a woman beneath a crown within circumscription; exergue: inscription above decorative motif.
- Reverse
- coat of arms on a crossed crosier, surmounted by a mitre, and a lance, surmounted by a helmet, surrounded by four coats of arms tied together with a cord within circumscription
Identification
- Original title
- Albrecht en Isabella van Oostenrijk, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Brabant
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1057
- Museum classification
- jeton
Catalogue references
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Research required
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