1979.428.667: Half Groten Coin
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.667
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Half Groten Coin
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1841
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Bremen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/178492
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper
- Dimensions
-
2 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
3.24 g - Denomination
- half-groten
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: FREIE HANSESTADT BREMEN
- inscription: reverse: 1/2 / GROTEN / 1841
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.667
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: crowned shield with key inside (arms of Bremen); reverse: wreath of leaves tied at bottom.
Verification Level
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