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        "title": "Sovereign: Henry VII (obverse); Shield of Arms in Tudor Rose (reverse)",
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        "measurements": "Diameter: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)",
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                "inscription": "HENRICIUS DEI GRATIA, REX, ANGLIAE, FRANCIAE, ET HIBRNIA DNS HIB",
                "inscription_translation": "Henry, by the grace of God, King of England, France and Hibernia (Ireland)",
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            {
                "inscription": "IHESUS AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIUM ILLORVM IBAT",
                "inscription_translation": "But Jesus, passing through the midst of them went his way.",
                "inscription_remark": "reverse, Luke 4:30",
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                    "title": "Year in Review: 1969",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).",
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        "description": "The coinage of Henry VII is the first step from medieval to modern coinage. In 1489 a special commission was issued for the striking of a new gold coin called the sovereign, weighing 240 gs. This is the first use of the name in the English series. These early sovereigns can boast of an artistic achievement never before realized on an English coin, and perhaps never since.",
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