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Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated 1544–47. Recorded culture or place: England, Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
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- Museum title
- Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)
- Date
- 1544–47
- Culture / origin
- England, Henry VIII, 1509-1547
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1969.173
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This is an example of the late, debased, third coinage of Henry VIII. Knowing how coinage had been debased in the past, Henry VIII did so again for his own personal benefit. He not only debased the gold coinage but the silver as well. This coin was struck at Southwark mint. The Southwark mint was in Suffolk Place, Southwark being immediately south of London Bridge. The mint was opened in June 1545, along with those of Canterbury, Durham House, Bristol, and York.
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