id:			144552
accession number:	1969.218
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.218
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:49.323000

Sovereign: Victoria (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1839. Design by William Wyon (British, 1795–1851). Gold; diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.218

title:				Sovereign: Victoria (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1839
creation date earliest:		1839
creation date latest:		1839
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	England, Victoria, 1837-1901
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Numismatics
type:		Coins
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* William Wyon (British, 1795–1851)  - designed by

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measurements: Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VICTORIA  DEI  GRATIA; below:  1839.
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	BRITANNIARUM REGINA FLD DEF
	translation:	
	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
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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fun fact:
William Wyon was the official chief engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 until his death.

digital description:


wall description:
With the end of the rule of the House of Hanover, whose last direct representative on the British throne was William IV (died 1837), the royal arms that had ceased to show the French pretention at the end of the first coinage of George III were now further simplified. In each quarter from top right to bottom left: 1. England; 2. Scotland; 3. Ireland; 4. England.
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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. 75
	url:		

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IMAGES

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