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Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Witmen Tremissis: Cross Fourchée (reverse)

early 600s

Part of a set. See all set records

England, Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century

Gold

Diameter: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.159.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

WITMEN MONITA

Inscription Translation

Witmen the Moneyer

Inscription Remark

Intention was blundered when it was copied

Provenance
-1969
Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1969-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.159.b