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Source Description
Since the top is decorated with the bust of Julius Caesar, this coin box was probably meant for Roman coins of Roman rulers. Coin collecting was popular among the educated of the 16th and 17th centuries. Coins offered historical documentation for the representation of rulers and their families, especially the Roman emperors, symbolic for the Habsburgs and those in their circles.
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Document identity
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36209
label
Coin Box with the Bust of Julius Caesar
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obj
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object
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8
Source metadata
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36209
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Coin Box with the Bust of Julius Caesar
description
Since the top is decorated with the bust of Julius Caesar, this coin box was probably meant for Roman coins of Roman rulers. Coin collecting was popular among the educated of the 16th and 17th centuries. Coins offered historical documentation for the representation of rulers and their families, especially the Roman emperors, symbolic for the Habsburgs and those in their circles.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1600 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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boxes (containers)
coin holders
portraits
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
5.1
height
12.5
depth
25.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 × W: 4 15/16 × L: 9 7/8 in. (5.08 × 12.54 × 25.08 cm)
Source extras
med
wood, leather, silk, velvet, gilded copper alloy, pigmented paint, gold leaf
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6200
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BAR
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2506
3360
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