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penningen (1755)

Image of the obverse. Aardbeving in Lissabon. Inventory number:PE-05486 Image of the reverse. Aardbeving in Lissabon. Inventory number:PE-05486

Aardbeving in Lissabon

Inventory number:PE-05486

Tags:

penningen gelegenheidspenning
Group
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Current country
Nederland
Status or function
-
Political unit
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Political state
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Authority
-
Dating
1755
Production site
Amsterdam
Mint master
-
Designer
Holtzhey, Johan George (1726-1808)
Countermark
-
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
Cat. Holtzhey (1755) 289 – Verv.vLoon 335 – Cat. KPK 3008 – Hawkins-II p 678.393 – Med. Illustr. pl CLXXVI.12 – Geldgeschichtl. Nachr. 117 (Jan 1987) p 20-26 nr 7
Subject
Aardbeving in Lissabon

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
54
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
zilver
Mass (gr)
56

Obverse

Image

Stedemaagd van Lisabon zit op de puinhopen en steunt met haar linkerhand op een kruik waarop TAGVS (de Tang) en op Mercuriusstaaf; links op de grond het wapen van Lissabon; rechts een ontkiemende plant; op de achtergrond de aardbeving

Text

TERRAE MOTVVM VI D 1 NOV MDCCLV

Reverse

Image

schepen op water waaronder drie oorlogsschepen, resp. van Holland, Engeland en Hamburg; daarachter gezicht op de stad Lissabon; bovenaan een lint waarop LISBONA

Text

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