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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
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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

Verification Level

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