Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette: Birth of Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte
Benjamin Duvivier
(French, 1730–1819)
1778
MintParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of J. B. How
Accession number17.132
ClassificationsNumismatics
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUD·XVI·REX CHRISTIANISS:MAR·ANT·AUSTR·REGINA" and under busts "DUVIVIER".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "FOECUNDITATIS AUGUSTAE PIGNUS ET OMEN", at proper right "B. DU VIV", and in exergue "NATAL·MARIAE THER·CAR·/REGIS PRIMOG·/XIX·DEC·/MDCC LXXVIII.".ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)
