1986.528.491: Three Groschen
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.528.491
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Three Groschen
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1585
- Culture
- Polish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/226540
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
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irreg.: 2.1 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
1.98 g - Denomination
- three groschen
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse, around perimeter, struck: STEPHA · D · G · REX · PO[L] · M · D · L
- inscription: 1585, reverse, struck: III / [design] / GROS · ARG · / TRIP: REG / POLONIAE / 1585
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Nanette B. Rodney, New York, NY, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.528.491
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Bathory in right profile, crowned, with moustache. Pierced at 8 o'clock to obverse. Reverse: coat of arms with eagle, lion, two letters H.
Verification Level
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