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
ClassificationsNumismatics
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)
