id:			144320
accession number:	1969.144
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.144
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:47.903000

Quarter Stater: Tree (obverse); Plain Field (reverse), c. 125–20 BC. England (Ancient Britain), 2nd century B.C.. Gold; diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.144

title:				Quarter Stater: Tree (obverse); Plain Field (reverse)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 125–20 BC
creation date earliest:		-130
creation date latest:		-15
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England (Ancient Britain), 2nd century B.C.
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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	citations: 	


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fun fact:
The tree-like trophy in the center sits on top of three ringed pellets, surrounded by various motifs.

digital description:


wall description:
The smaller size of the quarter stater left the artist little room for design. Apparently he was unable to reduce the stater design to such small dimensions. The meaningless jumble is probably part of a larger design.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. 1968.
	page number: 	pp. 3
	url:		

	Emery May Norweb Collection (Cleveland, Ohio), Emery May Norweb, C. E. Blunt, F. Elmore Jones, and R. P. Mack. Collection of Ancient British, Romano-British and English Coins. London: Spink, 1971.
	page number: 	pp. 17-18
	url:		

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.144/1969.144_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.144/1969.144_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.144/1969.144_full.tif