Discovery of a large glacial erratic on the Pisberg near Amersfoort, jeton struck by order of the city of Amersfoort in honour of Jonkheer E. Meyster
Also known as: Vondst van een grote zwerfkei op de Pisberg bij Amersfoort, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de stad Amersfoort ter ere van jhr. E. Meyster
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1661
Copper octagonal jeton. Obverse: large boulder standing between four burning torches on a pedestal with an inscription below a crowned coat of arms; entwined around the two outer torches: pennant with an inscription.
Reverse: crowned coat of arms above pennant with an inscription; in upper corners: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1293; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 3.2 cm x width 3.3 cm x weight 10.65 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- length 3.2 cm x width 3.3 cm x weight 10.65 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 3.2 cm x width 3.3 cm x weight 10.65 g
Design
- Obverse
- large boulder standing between four burning torches on a pedestal with an inscription below a crowned coat of arms; entwined around the two outer torches: pennant with an inscription.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms above pennant with an inscription; in upper corners: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Vondst van een grote zwerfkei op de Pisberg bij Amersfoort, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de stad Amersfoort ter ere van jhr. E. Meyster
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1293
- 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.