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        "tombstone": "Half Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Arms (reverse), 1544\u201347. England, Henry VIII, 1509-1547. Gold; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.174",
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        "title": "Half Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Arms (reverse)",
        "creation_date": "1544\u201347",
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        "type": "Coins",
        "measurements": "Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)",
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                "inscription": "HENRIC. 8. DI. GRA. AGL FRNCIE Z. HIBERNIE REX",
                "inscription_translation": "Henry VIII by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland",
                "inscription_remark": "obverse",
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            },
            {
                "inscription": "IHC. AVTEM PER MEDIVM ILLO RVM IBAT.",
                "inscription_translation": "But Jesus passing through their midst went His way.",
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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": "<em>English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).",
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                "description": "Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "did_you_know": "The half sovereign was first introduced in 1544 under Henry VIII and was valued at half a pound sterling or ten shillings.",
        "description": "In this third coinage, a new portrait of the king appears. There is now an attempt to make the portrait lifelike, and we see the king fat and middle-aged compared to previous coinage such as <a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.170\">1969.170</a>.",
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                "citation": "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.",
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