Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)
1595–98
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Pound: Elizabeth I (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse), 1595–98. England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Gold; diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.185 Queen Elizabeth still appears youthful in this portrait; she wears an elaborate bejeweled dress and her long hair flows from underneath her crown.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA Translation: Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland. Remark: obverse Inscription: SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM Translation: May the shield of faith protect her. Remark: reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.185
- 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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