Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)

1782

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 51 mm (2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of J. B. How

Accession number17.134

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUDOVICO XVI ET M.ANT.AUSTR.FR.ET NAV.REGI ET.REGINAE", under busts "DU/VIVIER", and in exergue "LUTETIA". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "SOLEMNIA DELPHINI NATALITIA" and in exergue "REGE ET REGINA URBES/INVESENTIBUS XXI JAN/MDCCLXXXII".

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