2011.1.23: 8 Reales of Mexico
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.1.23
- Title
- 8 Reales of Mexico
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1799
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Mexico City
- Culture
- Mexican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336406
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Dimensions
- 26.75g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Date on Object
- 1799
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: CAROLUS . IIII.DEI.GRATIA.1799
- Reverse Inscription: .HISPAN.ET.IND.REX.M.8R.F.M.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.1.23
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: bust of Charles IV facing r.; small countremarks.
Rev.: crowned arms of Spain between two pillars.
Verification Level
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