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Franche-Comté conquered in ten days, jeton struck in honour of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa, King and Queen of France

Also known as: Franche Comte in tien dagen veroverd, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van Lodewijk XIV en Maria Theresia, koning en koningin van Frankrijk

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1668

Copper jeton. Obverse: facing busts of a man with a laurel wreath and a woman with a crown within an inscription. Reverse: lion fleeing from a crowing rooster perched in a laurel tree within an inscription.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1342; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.5 cm x weight 4.81 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
copper (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 2.5 cm x weight 4.81 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 2.5 cm x weight 4.81 g

Design

Obverse
facing busts of a man with a laurel wreath and a woman with a crown within an inscription.
Reverse
lion fleeing from a crowing rooster perched in a laurel tree within an inscription.

Identification

Original title
Franche Comte in tien dagen veroverd, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van Lodewijk XIV en Maria Theresia, koning en koningin van Frankrijk
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-3-1342
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.
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