Medal of the Peace of Hurtzburg | Yale University Art Gallery

1763

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 21.88 g, 12:00, 44.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871
Accession Number: 2001.87.29911
Geography: Made in Germany
Culture: German
Period: 18th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: NUNCIA PACIS, villa with angel blowing trumpet flying above, in exergue DAS FEBR MDCCLXIII.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: IAM REDIRE AUDET, woman with scepter and wheat in field with farmer behind, in exergue GERMANIA PACATA.

Provenance

Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 201, no. 446

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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