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Angel: An Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (reverse)

1553–54
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gold
Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Weight: 4.188 g (0.15 oz.)
The Norweb Collection 1969.180
Location: not on view
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The angel was an English gold coin introduced by Edward IV in 1465.

Description

This piece is one of the finest specimens known. It contains on the reverse, at the end of the legend, an unexplained mark that strongly resembles a small letter c, superimposed on a figure 7.

Angel: An Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (reverse)

1553–54

England, Mary, 1553-1554

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