Resistance to the decision of Philip II, King of Spain, to enforce the placards and the inquisition, jeton of Vianen, in honour of Hendrik van Brederode
Also known as: Verzet tegen het besluit van Filips II, koning van Spanje om de plakaten en de inquisitie te handhaven, rekenpenning van Vianen, ter ere van Hendrik van Brederode
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1565
Copper medal. Obverse: arm holding a sword in flames within circumscription. Reverse: head of a wild boar above a burning Burgundian cross, surrounded by flames within circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-391; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 5.73 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 3 cm x weight 5.73 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 5.73 g
Design
- Obverse
- arm holding a sword in flames within circumscription.
- Reverse
- head of a wild boar above a burning Burgundian cross, surrounded by flames within circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Verzet tegen het besluit van Filips II, koning van Spanje om de plakaten en de inquisitie te handhaven, rekenpenning van Vianen, ter ere van Hendrik van Brederode
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-391
- 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.