id:			144397
accession number:	1969.169
share license status:	CC0
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Sovereign: Henry VII (obverse); Shield of Arms in Tudor Rose (reverse), 1504–9. England, Henry VII, 1485-1509. Gold; diameter: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.169

title:				Sovereign: Henry VII (obverse); Shield of Arms in Tudor Rose (reverse)
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series:				
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creation date:			1504–9
creation date earliest:		1504
creation date latest:		1509
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England, Henry VII, 1485-1509
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: 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	HENRICIUS DEI GRATIA, REX, ANGLIAE, FRANCIAE, ET HIBRNIA DNS HIB
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	remark:		

	inscription:	IHESUS AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIUM ILLORVM IBAT
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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
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:
Sovereigns are large, thin gold coins that feature portraits of the respective monarch; here Henry VII is sitting on a throne.

digital description:


wall 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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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. 28
	url:		

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