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)
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series:				
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creation date:			1592–95
creation date earliest:		1592
creation date latest:		1595
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
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: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	ELIZAB; D; G; ANG; FR; ET. HIB; REGI
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	SCVTVM. FIDEI. PROTEGET. EAM.
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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

* English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. 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:
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.
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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. 43
	url:		

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