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Victories of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, jeton of the Emperor's Bureau

Also known as: Overwinningen van Karel V, Duits keizer, rekenpenning van het bureau van de keizer

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1546

Copper medal. Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath within circumscription. Reverse: Hercules, seated on a lion whose jaws he is forcing apart, within circumscription.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-213; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.21 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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
copper (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.21 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.21 g

Design

Obverse
bust of a man with laurel wreath within circumscription.
Reverse
Hercules, seated on a lion whose jaws he is forcing apart, within circumscription.

Identification

Original title
Overwinningen van Karel V, Duits keizer, rekenpenning van het bureau van de keizer
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-3-213
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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