Silver Plaquette of Benjamin Kallay de Nagy Kallo Artist: Anton Scharff (Austrian, 1845–1904)

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

50.39 g, 12:00

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Joseph Mihalyi

Accession Number

2001.87.26016

Geography
Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: IN MEMORIAM BENJAMINI. KALLAY DE NAGY. KALLO MDCCCXXXIX - MCMIII. Bust r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: IMPERII AVSTR. AC REGNI HVNG. AERIS PVBLICI SVMMO PRAEFECTO ATQVE BOSNIAE ET HERCEGOVIAE PER VIGINTI ET VNCM ANNOS ADMINISTRATORI COMMVNIS LABORIS SOCII PIETATIS ERGO D.D.D. In eleven lines, shield beneath a helmet, a hand holding a sword, and ivy, inserted into the text.
Provenance

Provenance

Stack's, New York, October 21, 1977, cat. 305, lot 411; Joseph Mihalyi; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1977–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Additional information

Object/Work type

plaquettes

Marks

Scharff INV. and FX. PAWLIK. FEC. in field.

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