Kroon, emergency coin from Middelburg, struck during the siege
Also known as: Kroon, noodmunt uit Middelburg, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1574-01-20
Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin with a hole on a suspension ring. Obverse: three stamps side by side: in the center: inscription within a circular beaded border; left: State coat of arms; right: city coat of arms.
Reverse: inscription: "doen ic vvas geslegen vvas middelburgh belege so datter 'tvolc at van hongers vvegen paerden honden huen duer noot katten ratten ende linsaet vvafelen voor broot" above house mark, intertwined with letters P, I, and R. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-68; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.9 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 3.46 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
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 2.9 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 3.46 g
Design
- Obverse
- three stamps side by side: in the center: inscription within a circular beaded border; left: State coat of arms; right: city coat of arms.
- Reverse
- inscription: "doen ic vvas geslegen vvas middelburgh belege so datter 'tvolc at van hongers vvegen paerden honden huen duer noot katten ratten ende linsaet vvafelen voor broot" above house mark, intertwined with letters P, I, and R.
Identification
- Original title
- Kroon, noodmunt uit Middelburg, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-68
- Museum classification
- coin
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