1974.27.278: Half Baiocco Coin
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1974.27.278
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Half Baiocco Coin
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1750
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184029
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper?
- Dimensions
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2.8 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
6.42 g - Denomination
- half-baiocco
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: BENED. XIV PON. M. A. X
- inscription: 1750, reverse: [around perimeter:] MEZZO BAIOCCO; [at center:] [17]50; [lower field:] AN.IVB
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Arthur W. Arundel, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
- Accession Year
- 1974
- Object Number
- 1974.27.278
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: papal coat of arms with crossed keys; reverse: doric pillars with triangular pediment.
Verification Level
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