Peace of Ryswick, jeton of Jean Baptiste de Leeuw, magistrate of the treasury of Brussels
Also known as: Vrede van Rijswijk, rekenpenning van Jean Baptiste de Leeuw, magistraat van de schatkist van Brussel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1697-01
Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted coat of arms. Reverse: two clasped hands emerging from clouds jointly hold two olive branches and a caduceus above a couchant lion within an inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1496; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 77 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 2.9 cm x weight 77 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 77 g
Design
- Obverse
- helmeted coat of arms.
- Reverse
- two clasped hands emerging from clouds jointly hold two olive branches and a caduceus above a couchant lion within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Vrede van Rijswijk, rekenpenning van Jean Baptiste de Leeuw, magistraat van de schatkist van Brussel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1496
- 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.