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Marie Antoinette: Execution

(German (Berlin), 1764–1806)
1795
MintBerlin, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver or electrotype
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 35 mm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of J. B. How
Accession number17.116
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "MARIA ANTONIA FRANKREICHS UNGLUCKLICHSTE KOENIGINN" and below "STIERLE". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "WEA.JEDE THRAENE WIRD EIN FLUCH DEN ENKELN" and in exergue "DER VOLKSWUTH/GEOPRFERT D:16 OCT:/1795".
ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)