1972.276: One Taler Coin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.276

People

Hans N. Wirt, Austrian

Title

One Taler Coin

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1788

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Austria, Vienna

Culture

Austro-Hungarian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226485

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
28 g

Denomination

taler

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: lower perimeter of reverse: I. N. WIRT
• inscription: obverse, around perimeter: LVDOVICVS S.R.I. PRINCEPS DE BATTHYAN STRATHMANN
• inscription: reverse, around perimeter: PERPETVVS IN NEMET VIVAR S.C.R.A.M. ACT. CAM. INC. COM. CAST. PERP. ET SVPR. COM. 1788
• inscription: around outer edge, incised: FIDELITATE ET FORTITVDINE

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

1972.276

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Ludwig in right profile, classically draped; reverse: crowned and mantled arms, shield with pelican and lion with sword in its mouth, supported by winged horses.

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 17, p. 171, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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