Ryal: Elizabeth I in Ship (obverse); Rose over Radiate Sun (reverse)
1583–84/85
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Ryal: Elizabeth I in Ship (obverse); Rose over Radiate Sun (reverse), 1583–84/85. England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Gold; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.183 The ryal, 15 shillings, was the rarest denomination and was minted in exceedingly small numbers.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ELI ZAB; D; G; ANG; FR; ET. H IB REGINA Translation: Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland. Remark: obverse Inscription: IHS; AVT; TRANSIENS. PER. MEDIV; ILLORVM. IBAT Translation: 'as Jesus passed invisible and in most secret manner by the middest of the Pharisees, so gold was made by invisible and secret art amidst the ignorant' Remark: Luke IV. 30, reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.183
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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