Fear of the Impending Oppression, Medal Struck by the States of Zeeland
Also known as: Vrees voor de komend onderdrukking, penning geslagen door de Staten van Zeeland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1566
Medal. Obverse: man with crown and sceptre, seated on a horse in the middle of water within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between date within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-403; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.64 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
- 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 4.64 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- man with crown and sceptre, seated on a horse in the middle of water within legend.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms between date within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Vrees voor de komend onderdrukking, penning geslagen door de Staten van Zeeland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-403
- 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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