One Taler Coin | Harvard Art Museums

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

Verification Level

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1972.279: One Taler Coin