Threat Directed at the Republic for Inundating the Land, Jetton Struck in Honour of Claude Le Peletier, of the Third Provostship of Merchants in Paris
Also known as: Dreigement aan het adres van de Republiek, wegens het onder water zetten van het land, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van Claude La Peletier, van het derde provoostschap van de koophandel te Parijs
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1673
Silver medal. Obverse: Hercules leaning on a club, holding a horn in his raised right hand; in background: cow diving into reeds within legend; exergue: date. Reverse: coat of arms within legend.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1381; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.43 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.43 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 6.43 g
Design
- Obverse
- Hercules leaning on a club, holding a horn in his raised right hand; in background: cow diving into reeds within legend; exergue: date.
- Reverse
- coat of arms within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Dreigement aan het adres van de Republiek, wegens het onder water zetten van het land, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van Claude La Peletier, van het derde provoostschap van de koophandel te Parijs
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1381
- 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.