Sixteen stuivers, emergency coin from Maastricht, struck during the siege
Also known as: Zestien stuiver, noodmunt uit Maastricht, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1579-06
Emergency coin from the siege of Maastricht, torn at the upper right. Obverse: inscription on either side of hand with raised sword; exergue: Roman numeral XVI.
Reverse: helmeted escutcheon in cartouche between year within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-171; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 10.28 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 10.28 g · diameter 3,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 10,28 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.3 cm x weight 10.28 g
Design
- Obverse
- inscription on either side of hand with raised sword; exergue: Roman numeral XVI.
- Reverse
- helmeted escutcheon in cartouche between year within legend
Identification
- Original title
- Zestien stuiver, noodmunt uit Maastricht, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-171
- Museum classification
- siege coin · coin · zestien stuiver
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