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Medal: unidentified sitter
French
1717
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 34 mm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. B. How
Accession Number17.154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of an unidentified woman.
Obverse: Profile bust of woman turned slightly to the proper left; inscribed at edge "ELIZ.CHAR.PAL.RHE.DUCISS.AUREL." and under bust "Rög".
Reverse: Seated female (probably Athena) with two lions at her feet and a curtain background; inscribed at edge "DIS GENITA ET GENITRIX DEVM" and inexergue "M.D.CC.XVII".
Obverse: Profile bust of woman turned slightly to the proper left; inscribed at edge "ELIZ.CHAR.PAL.RHE.DUCISS.AUREL." and under bust "Rög".
Reverse: Seated female (probably Athena) with two lions at her feet and a curtain background; inscribed at edge "DIS GENITA ET GENITRIX DEVM" and inexergue "M.D.CC.XVII".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "ELIZ.CHAR.PAL.RHE.DUCISS.AUREL." and under bust "Rög".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "DIS GENITA ET GENITRIX DEVM" and inexergue "M.D.CC.XVII".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "DIS GENITA ET GENITRIX DEVM" and inexergue "M.D.CC.XVII".
ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)