Two Reales | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1986.528.492
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Two Reales
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1725
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Spain, Seville
Culture: Spanish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/226541

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2.8 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
4.99 g

Denomination

two real

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: 1725, reverse, around perimeter, struck: HISPANIARUM REX 1725
inscription: obverse, struck: [around perimeter:] PHILIPPUS V D G; [around design:] R II; S J

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: 1986.528.492
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: crowned coat of arms of the Habsburg reign; reverse: Quatrefoil design with two lions and two towers (indicating the provinces of Castile and Leon). Beaded outer border on obverse and reverse.

Exhibition History

From Rhubarb to Rubies: European Travelers to Safavid Iran, 1550-1700, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 05/08/2008 - 08/20/2008

Verification Level

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1986.528.492: Two Reales