3 Groschen of Friedrich II from Breslau | Yale University Art Gallery

1785

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1.48 g, 12:00, 18.80 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Henry Champion, B.A. 1860, M.A., LL.B. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.36937
Geography: Made in Breslau, Prussia, modern-day Germany
Culture: German
Period: 18th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of Friedrich II, r.; around FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX

Reverse Description: Crowned Prussian eagle, grasping scepter and orb, flying right; above in arc, MONETA ARGENT; below 17-85 divided by '3/B'

Provenance

Henry Champion, to about 1867; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1867 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, groschen, money

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