id:			144469
accession number:	1969.192
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.192
updated:		2023-08-23 22:13:24.552000

Unite: Charles I (obverse); Crowned Shield (reverse), 1625. England, Charles I, 1625-1649. Gold; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.192

title:				Unite: Charles I (obverse); Crowned Shield (reverse)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1625
creation date earliest:		1625
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England, Charles I, 1625-1649
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	CAROLUS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX. XX
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	inscription:	FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA
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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
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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fun fact:
The gold unite was valued at 20 shillings, the roman numeral XX can be seen on the obverse.

digital description:


wall description:
After ascending to the throne, Charles I ordered that the coinage should remain the same types and denominations as that of James I. Throughout all the troubles of his reign he did not alter the value of the gold coinage. Until the English Civil War started in 1642, the king's authority continued to rule the Tower mint. With the appointment of Sir John Coniers as Lieutenant of the Tower, control of the mint passed into the hands of the Parliamentary party, which continued to strike coins bearing the king's effigy and titles. To keep the Royalist party supplied with money, Charles opened other mints at York, Aberystwyth, Shrewsbury, Oxford, Bristol, Truro, Exeter, Weymouth, and Chester, while a mint operated near Worcester in 1646. During the civil war mints operated in the besieged towns of Carlisle, Colchester, Newark, Pontefract, and Scarborough, and produced a number of irregularly shaped coins of many odd denominations hastily struck from local domestic plate.
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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. 51
	url:		

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