id:			144394
accession number:	1969.168
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.168
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:48.353000

Angel: St. George Slaying the Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms and Cross (reverse), 1483–85. England, Richard III, 1483-1485. Gold; diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.168

title:				Angel: St. George Slaying the Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms and Cross (reverse)
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series:				
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creation date:			1483–85
creation date earliest:		1483
creation date latest:		1485
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England, Richard III, 1483-1485
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	RICARD DIGRA REX ANGL Z FRANC
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	remark:		

	inscription:	PER CRVCE TVA SALVA NOS XPC REDEMPT
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	remark:		

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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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fun fact:
The reverse side shows an English galley, the monogram R, and a rose representing the House of York.

digital description:


wall description:
This coin is similar to the angel of Henry VI, <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.167">1969.167</a>, but from completely different dies. Between the second reign of Edward IV and the reign of Richard III, Edward V, at the age of 13, reigned briefly from April 9 to June 22, 1483. Richard, Edward's uncle, caused the boy to be imprisoned in the Tower where he and his younger brother were murdered at the instigation of Richard. Their bodies were buried under a staircase and lay undiscovered for 200 years.<br><br>Richard, who had been Protector during the reign of Edward V, was crowned king. The initial mark, half-rose and sun, once thought to indicate the coins of Edward V, was been assigned to those of Edward IV. The only coins of Edward V which can definitely be attributed to his reign are those with the mink mark boar's head that was also the mark of Richard III. Only five examples of gold angels of Edward V exist.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb.<em> English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection</em>. [Catalog. 1968.
	page number: 	p. 27
	url:		

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IMAGES

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