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Triumphs of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, accounting medal of the imperial chancellery
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Copper medal. Obverse: flintlock, from which the Order of the Golden Fleece hangs, on a Burgundian cross under a double-headed eagle, flanked by and above a coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: Hercules, sitting on a lion, whose jaws he is pulling apart within an inscription.
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Credit lineOverwinningen van Karel V, Duits keizer, rekenpenning van het bureau van de keizer. 1546. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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