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Charles V

1535
Object PlaceAugsburg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast brass (87% copper, 9% zinc with small amounts of lead and tin)
DimensionsDiameter: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number66.432
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsInscribed at edge "[foliage]IMP·CAES·CAROLVS·V·P·F·AVGVST AN·AET·XXXIII".
ProvenanceBy 1966, Cyril Humphris; 1966, sold by Cyril Humphris (London) to the MFA. (Accession date: Septmeber 21, 1966)
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