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Frederick II: Victory near Prague during Seven Years' War
Frederick II: Victory near Prague during Seven Years' War

Frederick II: Victory near Prague during Seven Years' War

Johan George Holtzhey (German, 1726–1808)
1757
Object PlaceNetherlands
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession number2005.1175
On View
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ClassificationsNumismatics
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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "FRIDERICVS MAGN·D·G·REX BORVSS EL·BRAND·DVX SILES ET". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "FAMA·PRUDENTIA·VIRTVTE", on spolia "ABLISI" and "MOLDA", and in exergue "AVSTREXERC·PROPE·PRAG·TVNDIT/CAESO ET PRAGA·OBSESSA·/VI·MAJI·MDCCLVII".Provenance1990, Collectors' Auctions, Ltd., Danbury, CT; September 8, 1990, Collectors' Auctions sale, lot 2598, to Cornelius C. Vermeule, III; 2005, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)