Moving of a large glacial erratic from the Waelberch (near De Stompert) to Amersfoort, jeton struck by order of the city of Amersfoort in honour of Jonkheer Everard Meyster
Also known as: Verplaatsen van een grote zwerfkei van de Waelberch (bij De Stompert) naar Amersfoort, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de stad Amersfoort ter ere van jonkheer Everard Meyster
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1661
Copper jeton. Obverse: large boulder standing between two burning torches on a pedestal with an inscription below a crowned coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1292; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.76 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.76 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.6 cm x weight 7.76 g
Design
- Obverse
- large boulder standing between two burning torches on a pedestal with an inscription below a crowned coat of arms within an inscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Verplaatsen van een grote zwerfkei van de Waelberch (bij De Stompert) naar Amersfoort, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de stad Amersfoort ter ere van jonkheer Everard Meyster
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1292
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against numismatic (jeton) references.