Medal on the death of Master of the Mint and coin collector Hippolyte Vledincx, known as Ypol (Hippolyte ) Terrax
Obverse: scroll on two gothical letters XX. YPOL TERRAX, year of death below.
Reverse: IHS-monogram, hand (Antwerp) above.
Literature: Minard-Van Hoorebeke (Geldmunters Antwerpen, pag.2 nr.1; Joseph De Beer, Méreaux Anversois 1929, pag.40 nr.33.
Possibly minted in 1680 as a Bread token (broodpenning) with a value of 20 Deniers.
Mounted, broken pin.
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