Maurice, Count of Nassau safeguards Utrecht by taking Zutphen and Deventer and repelling the Spanish attack on Fort Knodsenburg near Nijmegen, jeton struck by order of the States of Utrecht
Also known as: Maurits, graaf van Nassau beveiligt Utrecht door het innemen van Zutphen en Deventer en het afslaan van de Spaanse aanval op het fort Knotsenburg bij Nijmegen, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Utrecht
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1591
Inscription, reverse: ‘OB SECVRITATEM DITIONI VLTRAIE ZVTPHANIA DAVENTRIAQVE CAPTIS RECVPERATAM HISPANIS EX BAT QVOQVE FVGATIS MDXCI’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-737; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 6.61 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 6.61 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 6.61 g
Identification
- Original title
- Maurits, graaf van Nassau beveiligt Utrecht door het innemen van Zutphen en Deventer en het afslaan van de Spaanse aanval op het fort Knotsenburg bij Nijmegen, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Staten van Utrecht
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-737
- 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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