id: 144444 accession number: 1969.184 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.184 updated: 2023-03-11 20:50:48.665000 Halfcrown: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse), 1592–95. England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Gold; diameter: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.184 title: Halfcrown: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1592–95 creation date earliest: 1592 creation date latest: 1595 current location: creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 technique: gold department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Numismatics type: Coins find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: ELIZAB; D; G; ANG; FR; ET. HIB; REGI translation: remark: inscription: SCVTVM. FIDEI. PROTEGET. EAM. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1969 opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963). --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1969 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1969- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: First issued in 1549, the halfcrown is the equivalent of two shillings, six pence. It was discontinued in 1970. digital description: wall description: This is the second type of gold halfcrown, showing the queen in ornate style. She often wore elaborate and luxuriously decorated dresses, many of them heavily bejeweled as seen here. The mint mark, visible just above the crown on the reverse, is a tun or barrel. This helps identify the date the coin was issued as the mint mark changed every few years. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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. [Catalog. 1968. page number: p. 43 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.184/1969.184_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.184/1969.184_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.184/1969.184_full.tif