1972.278: One Taler Coin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.278

People

Unidentified Artist
Possibly attributable to Maximilian Gras, German

Title

One Taler Coin

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1617

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Austria, Hall in Tyrol

Culture

Austro-Hungarian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226487

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4.3 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
28.29 g

Denomination

taler

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.: C.O. in lozenge
• inscription: obverse: [around perimeter:] MAXIMILI: DG: ARC: AV: DVX: BVR: STIR: [C or G?]AR; [either side of head:] 16 17
• inscription: reverse, around perimeter: MAG: PRUSS: AD: COM: H: ET: TIROL: ET: CARN

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

1972.278

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Maximilian I in right profile, with ruff collar, long moustaches, cross around his neck; reverse: elaborate crowned coat of arms with eagle at center.

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 19, p. 172, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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