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Sovereign of Twenty Shillings: Edward VI (obverse)

1550-1553

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England, Edward VI, 1547-1553

Gold

Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.178.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

EDWARD VI: D G; AGL': FRAN: HIBER; REX

Inscription Translation

Edward VI, by the grace of God king of England, France and Ireland.

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/1969.178.a