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Confidence in the Victories of the Spaniards, Counter Medal of the Chamber of Accounts of Brabant in Namur
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Confidence in the Victories of the Spaniards, Counter Medal of the Chamber of Accounts of Brabant in Namur

anonymous · 1582 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper medal. Obverse: man with crown on head and sword in hand, representing Philip II, trampling the snake Aspis and the monster Basiliscus within an inscription. Reverse: flintlock, from which the Order of the Golden Fleece hangs, on a Burgundian cross, flanked by and below a crowned coat of arms within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVertrouwen op de overwinningen van de Spanjaarden, rekenpenning van de rekenkamer van Brabant te Namen. 1582. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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