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Scenes from Revelations

(born about 1510, active 1538–1581)
dated 1539
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver
DimensionsDiameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number68.50
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "RELEVATIO·CHRIST·QVAM·DEDIT·ILLI·DEVS·VT·PALAM·FACERETSERVIS", and across field "IO:APOC CA:I.", and below "1539". Reverse: Inscribed below "HR" and "I·DEM CA IIII".
ProvenanceBy 1968, Munzen und Medaillen, Bale, Switzerland; 1968, sold by Munzen and Medaillen to the MFA. (Accession date: March 13, 1968)