Stanislaw Leszczynski
probably after 1766
Medium/TechniqueMetal; gilt-copper alloy
DimensionsDiameter: 43 mm (1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number29.387
ClassificationsNumismatics
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "STANISLAUS I.LESZCYNIUS" and under bust "[I.L.REICHSE.F.]".
Reverse: Inscribed "REX A.D.1706./SVETICOTUMULTO/DATUS, FORT RED./AUG:11.CESSIT.HOC SUR./DATU, UNA VOCE.A.D.1733/ELECTUS.VI CEDENS, EX/VINDOB:POED:A.D.1735/LOTHARINGIA POTITUS/PHILOSUPHUS, EVEROSTES/PATRIE SEMPER MEMOR/FORTUTIS FLAMMIS/AMUSTUS/OD LUN IV[ ].A.D.1766/D.28.FEBR.[ ]789.".ProvenanceBy 1929, Wolf Kostakowsky, Mattapan, MA; 1929, sold by Kostakowsky to the MFA for $518 [see note 1]. (Accession date: January 17, 1929)
NOTES:
[1] Five hundred numismatics, MFA accession numbers 29.159 through 29.658, were purchased from Mr. Kostakowsky for a total price of $518.
