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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.494
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Six Kreuzer
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1673
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Poland
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226316

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
irreg.: 2.6 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (1 x 1/16 in.)
2.69 g
Denomination
six kreuzer
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: LEOPOLDVS · D · G · R · I · S · A · G · H · B [encircled:] VI
  • inscription: 1673, reverse, around perimeter: [A]RCHID · AV (shs) D · BVR · & · SIL · 1673

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1986.528.494
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Coin is thin and slightly bent. Pierced at 11 o'clock to obverse. Obverse: Leopold I in right profile, with long hair, moustache, laurel wreath; reverse: double-headed eagle. Beaded inner and outer borders on obverse and reverse.

Verification Level

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