1972.292: One Riksdaler Coin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.292

People

Anders Strömner, Swedish (17th c.)

Title

One Riksdaler Coin

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1693

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Sweden, Stockholm

Culture

Swedish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226494

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4.1 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
31.22 g

Denomination

riksdaler

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: obverse, around perimeter: CAROLVS · XI · D · G · REX · SVE
• inscription: 1693, reverse: [around image:] 8 M; A. S.; [around perimeter:] DOMINVS · PROTECTOR · MEVS · 1693
• inscription: around outer edge: MANIBVS NE LAEDAR AVARIS [=May I not be damaged by greedy hands]

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

1972.292

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Charles XI in right profile, with curly hair, armor and robe; reverse: crowned coat of arms with three crowns.

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 30, p. 178, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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