Thirty kreuzer, emergency coin from Mantua, struck during the siege by General Gorkowski in honour of Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria
Also known as: Dertig kreuzer, noodmunt uit Mantua, tijdens het beleg geslagen door generaal Gorkowski ter ere van Ferdinand I, keizer van Oostenrijk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1848
Silver emergency coin. Obverse: bust of a man with laurel wreath facing right within circumscription. Reverse: coat of arms, supported by a crowned double-headed eagle with sword and orb in its talons within circumscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-561; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 14.4 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 14.4 g · diameter 3,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 14,4 g
- Measurements
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 14.4 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man with laurel wreath facing right within circumscription.
- Reverse
- coat of arms, supported by a crowned double-headed eagle with sword and orb in its talons within circumscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Dertig kreuzer, noodmunt uit Mantua, tijdens het beleg geslagen door generaal Gorkowski ter ere van Ferdinand I, keizer van Oostenrijk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-561
- Museum classification
- coin · dertig kreuzer · siege coin
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