1972.296: One Riksdaler Coin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.296

People

Christopher Berg, Swedish (19th century)

Title

One Riksdaler Coin

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

1821

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Sweden, Stockholm

Culture

Swedish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/226560

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4.2 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
28.77 g

Denomination

riksdaler

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: reverse, lower perimeter: C.B.
• inscription: obverse, around perimeter: CAROLVS XIV IOH · D · G · REX SVECIAE ET NORV · AN · IVBIL · 1821
• inscription: reverse: [in portrait medallions:] GVSTAVVS I D.G · REX SV; GVST II AD · D · G · REX SVE; FRIDERICVS I D · G · R · SV; [below image:] IN MEMOR. VINDICATAE / LIBERT AC RELIG
• inscription: around outer edge: GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO

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

1972.296

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Charles XIV John in right profile, in classical robe, with short curly hair; reverse: three portrait medallions of previous kings, above an olive branch.

Publication History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 34, p. 180, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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