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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.268
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Gulden Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
after 1511
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Austria, Hall in Tyrol
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221564

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
4.4 diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
30.41 g
Denomination
gulden
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter, struck
  • inscription: obverse, struck: [around image:] ETATIS 19 / 1479; [around perimeter:] MAXIMILIAN MAGNANIM ARCHDVX AVSTRIE BVRGVND +
  • inscription: reverse, struck: [around portrait:] ETATIS 20; [around perimeter:] MARIA KAROLI FILIA HERES BVRGVND BRAB CONIVGES +

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
1972.268
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Maximilian in right profile, with long hair and fillet; reverse: Mary in right profile with elaborate headdress.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 9, pp. 166-167, repr.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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