Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, jeton of the Chancellor of Burgundy
Also known as: Filips de Schone, hertog van Bourgondie, rekenpenning van de kanselier van Bourgondie
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1491
Copper jeton. Obverse: naked man and woman, representing Adam and Eve, standing on either side of a tree around which a snake is coiled, within an inscription. Reverse: Burgundian cross within a crown, within an inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-25; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 3.62 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 3.62 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 3.62 g
Design
- Obverse
- naked man and woman, representing Adam and Eve, standing on either side of a tree around which a snake is coiled, within an inscription.
- Reverse
- Burgundian cross within a crown, within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Filips de Schone, hertog van Bourgondie, rekenpenning van de kanselier van Bourgondie
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-25
- 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.