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Stanislaw August Poniatowski: Attempted Assasination

(German, 1715–1787)
1771
Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
DimensionsDiameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Hanns Swarzenski
Accession number1988.342
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed above "OCVLIDOMINI SVPER IVSTOS" and in exergue "FIDA POLONIA/GAVDET". Reverse: Inscribed above "NOLITE TANGERE CHRISTOS MEOS", at proper left "I·L [OE]KLEIN", and in exergue "HORAX NOCT·D·III NOV·/MDCCLXXI·".
ProvenanceBy 1988, anonymous collector; 1988, gift of anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 15, 1988)

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