Quarter daalder, emergency coin from Deventer, produced during the siege from the city council's silver to pay the war costs
Also known as: kwart daalder, noodmunt uit Deventer, vervaardigd tijdens het beleg uit het raadszilver ter betaling van de oorlogskosten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1672-06-21
Lozenge-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: two punches: large circular punch: crowned eagle; beneath it: rectangular punch with date. Reverse: seated figure in a horseless chariot holds a branch against the body in her left hand and an open book in her raised right hand with a depiction of a radiant sun on the left page and a crescent moon on the right page; six-pointed star above her head; to the left the inscription "Marcvrivs". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-344; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking), engraving; measurements height 3.3 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 6.74 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
- height 3.3 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 6.74 g · hoogte 3,3 cm x breedte 3,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 6,74 g
- Measurements
- height 3.3 cm x width 3.1 cm x weight 6.74 g
Design
- Obverse
- two punches: large circular punch: crowned eagle; beneath it: rectangular punch with date.
- Reverse
- seated figure in a horseless chariot holds a branch against the body in her left hand and an open book in her raised right hand with a depiction of a radiant sun on the left page and a crescent moon on the right page; six-pointed star above her head; to the left the inscription "Marcvrivs".
Identification
- Original title
- kwart daalder, noodmunt uit Deventer, vervaardigd tijdens het beleg uit het raadszilver ter betaling van de oorlogskosten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-344
- Museum classification
- kwart daalder · siege coin · coin
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