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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.296
People
Christopher Berg, Swedish (19th century)
Title
One Riksdaler Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1821
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Sweden, Stockholm
Culture
Swedish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226560

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.2 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
28.77 g
Denomination
riksdaler
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: reverse, lower perimeter: C.B.
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: CAROLVS XIV IOH · D · G · REX SVECIAE ET NORV · AN · IVBIL · 1821
  • inscription: reverse: [in portrait medallions:] GVSTAVVS I D.G · REX SV; GVST II AD · D · G · REX SVE; FRIDERICVS I D · G · R · SV; [below image:] IN MEMOR. VINDICATAE / LIBERT AC RELIG
  • inscription: around outer edge: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

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
1972.296
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Charles XIV John in right profile, in classical robe, with short curly hair; reverse: three portrait medallions of previous kings, above an olive branch.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 34, p. 180, repr.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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