Philip of Anjou Accepts the Spanish Throne, jeton struck in honour of N. Paignon, of the first provostship of merchants in Paris
Also known as: Filips van Anjou accepteert de Spaanse troon, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van N. Paignon, van het eerste provoostschap van de koophandel te Parijs
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700
Silver medal. Obverse: French rooster seizes the Golden Fleece, which hangs from a Spanish pomegranate tree and is vainly guarded by a leopard and a lion holding a bundle of arrows in its claw, within legend; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: ship at sea beneath an all-seeing eye within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1506; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.64 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.64 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- French rooster seizes the Golden Fleece, which hangs from a Spanish pomegranate tree and is vainly guarded by a leopard and a lion holding a bundle of arrows in its claw, within legend; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- ship at sea beneath an all-seeing eye within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Filips van Anjou accepteert de Spaanse troon, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere van N. Paignon, van het eerste provoostschap van de koophandel te Parijs
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1506
- 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
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