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Sovereign: Mary Enthroned (obverse); Shield of Royal Arms on a Tudor Rose (reverse)
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated 1553. Recorded culture or place: England, Mary, 1553-1554.
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- Museum title
- Sovereign: Mary Enthroned (obverse); Shield of Royal Arms on a Tudor Rose (reverse)
- Date
- 1553
- Culture / origin
- England, Mary, 1553-1554
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1969.179
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Upon ascending the throne, Mary announced that she would restore the coinage to its full value. This sovereign of thirty shillings is of standard gold, 23 carats, 3 1/2 grains. The fine silver pieces of the reign were in metal, 11 oz. fine. These coins are thus of the same fineness as were those of Edward VI; the silver is, in fact, 1 dwt. poorer. This coin is rare and similar to another in the collection from Edward VI, 1969.177. Mary I was the only Tudor monarch to include dates on a sovereign. Roman numerals at the end of the obverse inscription read 1553.
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