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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.491
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Three Groschen
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1585
Culture
Polish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226540

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
irreg.: 2.1 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
1.98 g
Denomination
three groschen
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter, struck: STEPHA · D · G · REX · PO[L] · M · D · L
  • inscription: 1585, reverse, struck: III / [design] / GROS · ARG · / TRIP: REG / POLONIAE / 1585

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
1986.528.491
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Bathory in right profile, crowned, with moustache. Pierced at 8 o'clock to obverse. Reverse: coat of arms with eagle, lion, two letters H.

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