Marie Antoinette: Marriage to Louis XVI

Anton Franz Widemann (Belgian (Vienna), 1724–1792)

1770

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueMetal; probably silver

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 44 mm (1 3/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of J. B. How

Accession number17.109

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "M.ANTONIA ARC.AVST.LUDOVIC.FRANCIAE DELPHIN.SPONSA" and under bust "A. WIDEMAN". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "CONCORDIA NOVO SANGVINIS NERV FIRMATA" and in exergue "NVPT.CELEBR.VIEN.PROCVE/FERDINAND.A.A.VIX.APR./MDCCCXX".

ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)