One Sou Coin
CoinsFrench18th century

One Sou Coin

1785?

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Obverse: head of Louis XVI in profile left; reverse: crowned shield with three fleurs-de-lys (not visible now).

Classification
Coins
Medium
Copper
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

3 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (1 3/16 x 1/16 in.) 11.13 g

Provenance

Arthur W. Arundel, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

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