The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Sovereign: Mary Enthroned (obverse)

1553

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England, Mary, 1553-1554

Gold

Diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.179.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

MARIA: D': G': ANG'. FRA Z: HIB': REGINA: m:D:LIII

Inscription Translation

Mary by the Grace of God, Queen 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
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