Daalder, emergency coin from Zierikzee, later strike of an emergency coin minted during the siege
Also known as: Daalder, noodmunt uit Zierikzee, latere afslag van een noodmunt geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1576
Rhombus-shaped emergency coin of a daalder from the siege of Zierikzee. Obverse: three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: State coat of arms: shield within oval beaded rim; city coat of arms: shield in cartouche within beaded rim and engraved legend; date in cartouche; surrounding: engraved ornament.
Reverse: helmeted Mars, representing William I, Prince of Orange, with spear in left hand and shield in right hand; in the background: hilly landscape and small church within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-103; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 6 cm x width 6 cm x weight 28.18 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), engraving
- Dimensions
- hoogte 6 cm x breedte 6 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,18 g · height 6 cm x width 6 cm x weight 28.18 g
- Measurements
- height 6 cm x width 6 cm x weight 28.18 g
Design
- Obverse
- three stamps one above the other; from bottom to top: State coat of arms: shield within oval beaded rim; city coat of arms: shield in cartouche within beaded rim and engraved legend; date in cartouche; surrounding: engraved ornament.
- Reverse
- helmeted Mars, representing William I, Prince of Orange, with spear in left hand and shield in right hand; in the background: hilly landscape and small church within legend.
Identification
- Original title
- Daalder, noodmunt uit Zierikzee, latere afslag van een noodmunt geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-103
- Museum classification
- siege coin · thaler · coin
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