Beginning of Peace Negotiations, jeton struck by order of the Royal Treasury, in honour of Louis XIV, King of France
Also known as: Begin van de vredesonderhandelingen, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de koninklijke schatkamer, ter ere van Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1711
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: Cyclops forging a shield within legend; exergue: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-1528; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.13 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 7.13 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 7.13 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within legend.
- Reverse
- Cyclops forging a shield within legend; exergue: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Begin van de vredesonderhandelingen, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de koninklijke schatkamer, ter ere van Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-1528
- 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.