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Leopold I: Victory at Vienna

1683 or after 1838

Object PlaceGermany

Medium/TechniqueMetal; probably silver-plated copper alloy with nickel and zinc at interface of silver-copper surface

DimensionsDiameter: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour

Accession number1970.438

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ClassificationsNumismatics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge in two bands "LEOPOLDVS DEI GRATIA ELECTVS ROMANORVM IMPERATOR SEMPER AVGVSTVS.GERMANIAE HVNGARIAE.BOHEMIAE.DALMATIAE.CROATIAE/WIRTEMBERGAE, COMES TYROLS, SCLAVONIAE, REX:ARCHIDVX AVSTRIAE, DVX BVRGVNDLAE, STIRIAE, CARINTHIAE, CAR". Reverse: Inscribed at edge in two bands "TIRK.TARTARN.REBELLISCHE HVNGERN BELAGERN WIENNDEN.XIV.IVLII:KAYSRL.POLN.CVR.BAVR:SACHS:VNDANDERE REICHS.VOLKOR ENT./STVK:BAGAGE:MVNITION.VND WIRDEISSERIST VERFOLGT. .SEZENSDEN.XII.SEPTEMB:DER FEIND HINDERLAST ALLE" and across field "1683".

Provenance1970, sold by Leopold Blumka, Blumka Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 16, 1970)