Sack carriers' guild, overstruck on a jeton of Philip IV, King of Spain, struck by order of the States of Brabant
Also known as: Zakkendragersgilde, geslagen over rekenpenning van Filips IV, koning van Spanje, geslagen op last van de Staten van Brabant
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1738
Copper medal. Obverse: in an oval stamp: right-facing man with a sack over his shoulder; to the left: letters A and P; to the right: date; beneath it original design: bust of a man within an inscription.
Reverse: coat of arms on a crossed crosier, surmounted by a mitre, and a lance, surmounted by a helmet, surrounded by four coats of arms tied with a cord within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-7-649; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 66 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3 cm x weight 66 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 66 g
Design
- Obverse
- in an oval stamp: right-facing man with a sack over his shoulder; to the left: letters A and P; to the right: date; beneath it original design: bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- coat of arms on a crossed crosier, surmounted by a mitre, and a lance, surmounted by a helmet, surrounded by four coats of arms tied with a cord within an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Zakkendragersgilde, geslagen over rekenpenning van Filips IV, koning van Spanje, geslagen op last van de Staten van Brabant
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-7-649
- Museum classification
- jeton · medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against numismatic (jeton) references.