[Tokens] Dishoecke, Jacob van (1650-1723). "Aansprekersoproer", reward medal, 1696

Silver token, Ø 3.9 cm, weight 26.4 gr., recto w. image of Neptune on his sea wagon, below the text "Motos Praestat Componere Fluctus", verso w. extensive text "Halcyonibus Reductis/ Senatus. Amstelod./ Civibus (...)" on a large banner above a calm sea w. a floating nest of kingfishers, above the date MDCXCVI and "J. v. Dishoecke F." This medal was rewarded to the Amsterdam civic guard for ending the so-called "aansprekersoproer" (undertaker's riot, the "aansprekers" were obligatory ushers who announced deaths and organised burials, whose services had to be paid for) in June, 1696.

G.P. Sanders, 'De beloningspenning op het neerslaan van het aansprekersoproer te Amsterdam, 1696', De Beeldenaar 23 (1999), p. 243-262; A.J.J.Ph. Haas, 'De penning op het Amsterdamsche aansprekersoproer in 1696', Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde 1912, p. 92-95 (source RKD).