1972.293: One Riksdaler Coin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.293

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

One Riksdaler Coin

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1709

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Poland

Culture

Swedish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226537

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

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

Denomination

taler

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.: [F.]? M
• inscription: obverse: [around upper perimeter:] CAROL: XII: D. G. SVEC. GOTH. VAND. REX PROPUGNATOR FIDEI; [below head, in script:] 1 reichs thlr: nach alten schr: in korn
• inscription: 1709?, reverse: IN MEMOR. TRACTAT. ALTRANSTAD / 22 AUGUST MDCCVII CONCLUSI / ET BRESLAU D. 8. FEBR / MDCCIX COM / PLETI
• inscription: around outer edge: COLLAPSAM FORTITER RESTITUIT

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

1972.293

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Charles XII in right profile with short hair, armor and cloak; reverse: crowned lion with sword supporting a column with candle labelled "AUGUST / [CONFES]?"

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 31, p. 179, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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