One Teston | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1986.528.479
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: One Teston
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1567
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/226565

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

irreg.: 2.9 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
9.34 g

Denomination

teston

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse: [around perimeter:] CAROLVS · VIIII · D · G · FRAN · REX; [below head:] M
inscription: 1567, reverse: [either side of coat of arms:] C; [around perimeter:] SIT · NOMEN · DOM · BENEDIC · M · D · LXVII · R

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: 1986.528.479
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Charles IX in left profile, wearing armor and laurel wreath; reverse: crowned coat of arms with three fleurs-de-lys, crown on either side. Edge is irregular. Beaded outer border on 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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1986.528.479: One Teston