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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.32.181
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Two-Thirds Taler Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1693
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226561

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.5 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Denomination
two-thirds taler
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, struck: [around perimeter:] FELIX FODINAR[UM I]LME NAVIENSIUM REPARATIO; below design: B A; 2/3
  • stamp: obverse, l.r., stamped: [6?]0N; [TC? in monogram]
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter, struck: D. G. DUCUM SAXONIAE MONETA COMMUNIS HENNEBERGENSIS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rya W. Zobel, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rya W. Zobel in memory of Paul Weickert
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.32.181
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: crowned coat of arms of Saxony; reverse: crowned hen for Henneberg.

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