Capture of Sluis with Harbor and Fleet, jeton of the Chamber of Accounts of Zeeland
Also known as: Inname van Sluis met haven en vloot, rekenpenning van de rekenkamer van Zeeland
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1604
Copper jeton. Obverse: view of the city of Sluis, harbor, harbor fortifications, and captured ships; above it the name Jehovah in Hebrew script in clouds within legend.
Reverse: crowned coat of arms within two-line legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-961; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 5.79 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 5.79 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 5.79 g
Design
- Obverse
- view of the city of Sluis, harbor, harbor fortifications, and captured ships; above it the name Jehovah in Hebrew script in clouds within legend.
- Reverse
- crowned coat of arms within two-line legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Inname van Sluis met haven en vloot, rekenpenning van de rekenkamer van Zeeland
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-3-961
- 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.