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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.291
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Riksdaler Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1646
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Sweden, Stockholm
Culture
Swedish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226419

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.4 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
28.94 g
Denomination
riksdaler
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: CHRISTINA · D: G: SVEG: GOT: WAN: Q: DE: REG: ET: PRI: HAE
  • inscription: 1646, reverse, around perimeter: SALVATOR · MUNDI · SALVA · NOS · M · D · C · XLVI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.291
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Christina in half-length, three-quarters left; reverse: Christ in majesty, with crowned coat of arms at left.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 29, p. 178, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973

Verification Level

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