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Erik Gustaf Geijer

1850

Object PlaceSweden

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze, with dark red patina

DimensionsDiameter: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III

Accession number2005.1173

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "ERICUS GUSTAVUS GEIJER SVEC./NAT. MDCCLXXXIII. DEN. MDCCCXLVII.". Reverse: Inscribed above "CG QVRANSTROM INV. TUA CAELESTES ILLUSTRANT OMNIA FLAMMAE. PM LUNDGREN FEC." and in exergue "NOBILI HISTORICO CIVI OPTIMO/GRATI CULTORES ET AMICI/MDCCCL.".

Provenance1990, Collectors' Auctions, Ltd., Danbury, CT; September 8, 1990, Collectors' Auctions sale, lot 3268, to Cornelius C. Vermeule, III; 2005, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)