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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.528.485
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Coin of Louis XIV?
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1643-1715
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226567

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
irreg.: 2.1 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (13/16 x 1/16 in.)
2.09 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: around perimeter:: [obverse:] L[V]D R XIIII D.G. FR ET NAV REX; [reverse:] [SIT NOMEN] DOMINI[ ]NU [ ] ICTUM

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
1986.528.485
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: crude and worn portrait of a man wearing laurel wreath crown and long hair tied back, in right profile; reverse: crowned shield with three fleurs-de-lys. Toothed or beaded border on obverse and reverse.

Verification Level

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