1972.268: One Gulden Coin

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

Permissions

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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

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