1972.294: One Riksdaler Coin
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.294
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- One Riksdaler Coin
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1776
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Sweden, Stockholm
- Culture
- Swedish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/226559
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
-
4.1 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
29.14 g - Denomination
- riksdaler
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse, around perimeter: GUSTAVVS III · D · G · REX SVECIAE
- inscription: reverse: [upper perimeter:] FÄDERNESLANDET; [around design:] 1 RD; 3D; S.M.; O.L.; [below image:] 1776
- inscription: around outer rim: MANIBUS 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
- 1972.294
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Gustav III in right profile; reverse: crowned ceremonial chain with three crowns inside.
Publication History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 32, 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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