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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.279
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Taler Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1621
Culture
Austro-Hungarian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226465

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.5 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
28.57 g
Denomination
taler
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: GABRIEL · D. G. EL · HVNGARIAE · DAL · CR · SCL · REX · [= Gabriel by the grace of god king of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia and Slovakia]
  • inscription: 1621, reverse: [around perimeter:] TRANS · PRINCEPS · ET · SICVLOR · COM · 1621; [l.l.]: K; [l.r.]: B

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
1972.279
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Bethlen at half-length, standing, facing right, with sceptre; reverse: crowned coat of arms with two birds in ouroboros at center.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 20, p. 172, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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