1986.528.484: Quarter Thaler
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.528.484
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Quarter Thaler
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1740
- Culture
- Austrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/226277
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver with gold wash?
- Dimensions
-
3.1 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (1 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
6.71 g - Denomination
- quarter taler
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse, around margin: CAROL · VI · D · G · R · I · S · [A]GE · HI · HU · BO · REX
- inscription: 1740, reverse, around perimeter: ARCHID · AVST · DVX · [B]V · COM · TYROL · 1740 [=Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of the Tyrol]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Nanette B. Rodney, New York, NY, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.528.484
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Charles VI in right profile with laurel wreath. Pierced at 1 o'clock to obverse. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle. Below it: 1/4. Toothed outer border on obverse and reverse.
Verification Level
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