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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.499
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Two Reales
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1821
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Mexico City
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226570

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.7 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
6.41 g
Denomination
two real
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter, struck: FERDIN · VII · DEI GRATIA · 1821
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter, struck: HISPAN · ET · IND · REX · Mo · 2R · JJ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1986.528.499
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Ferdinand VII in profile right; reverse: crowned coat of arms (two lions and two towers, representing Leon and Castile) between two pillars. Toothed border on obverse and reverse.

Verification Level

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