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Derde eeuwfeest van de uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst door Laurens Jansz. Coster, penning uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia

Nicolaas van Swinderen, 1740

Symbolic objects, medaillon; circular, relieved, heavily eroded: Koster-commemoration id. NG 1978-76H1317; obverse type buste of Koster, legend partly legible (id.NG 1978-76H 1317) [.COSTERUS CONS HAR..TY..IN]; reverse, standing woman, holding lawrel-wreath and string of 7 coats of arms, illegible, left arm resting on escutcheon (with coat of arms of Haarlem, eroded), legend partly legible [...ECTE CORONAM], further details, maker's initials, exergue text eroded.

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  • Object numberNG-1980-27-H-3212
  • Dimensionsheight 0.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm

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    Derde eeuwfeest van de uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst door Laurens Jansz. Coster, penning uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-1980-27-H-3212

  • Description

    Symbolic objects, medaillon; circular, relieved, heavily eroded: Koster-commemoration id. NG 1978-76H1317; obverse type buste of Koster, legend partly legible (id.NG 1978-76H 1317) [.COSTERUS CONS HAR..TY..IN]; reverse, standing woman, holding lawrel-wreath and string of 7 coats of arms, illegible, left arm resting on escutcheon (with coat of arms of Haarlem, eroded), legend partly legible [...ECTE CORONAM], further details, maker's initials, exergue text eroded.


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  • Creation

    punchcutter: Nicolaas van Swinderen, The Hague

  • Dating

    1740

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    height 0.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm


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  • Period

    1743


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