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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.
- Artwork typemedal
- Object numberNG-1980-27-H-3212
- Dimensionsheight 0.3 cm x diameter 4.1 cm