Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, inaugurated as Count of Holland, jetton of the Chamber of Accounts of Holland
Also known as: Philips de Schone, hertog van Bourgondië, ingehuldigd als graaf van Holland, rekenpenning van de rekenkamer van Holland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1497
Copper medal. Obverse: coat of arms beneath crowned helmet within inscription. Reverse: woman wearing a cap, seated amidst blooming roses within inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-47; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.27 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.27 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.27 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms beneath crowned helmet within inscription.
- Reverse
- woman wearing a cap, seated amidst blooming roses within inscription
Identification
- Original title
- Philips de Schone, hertog van Bourgondië, ingehuldigd als graaf van Holland, rekenpenning van de rekenkamer van Holland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-47
- Museum classification
- jeton · medal
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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