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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
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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

Verification Level

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