Hope for Peace, jeton struck by order of the States of Hainaut
Also known as: Hoop op vrede, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Henegouwen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1576
Copper jeton. Obverse: burning candle in an enclosed garden above a coat of arms within circumscription. Reverse: woman holding an inverted cornucopia in her hand, representing Hainaut, reaches with her other hand towards an olive branch offered to her by a hand from the clouds within circumscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-485; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.25 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 4.25 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 4.25 g
Design
- Obverse
- burning candle in an enclosed garden above a coat of arms within circumscription.
- Reverse
- woman holding an inverted cornucopia in her hand, representing Hainaut, reaches with her other hand towards an olive branch offered to her by a hand from the clouds within circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Hoop op vrede, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Henegouwen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-485
- 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.