The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Pound: Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse)

1595–1598

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England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603

Gold

Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.185.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

SCVTVM FIDEI PROTEGET EAM

Inscription Translation

May the shield of faith protect her.

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/1969.185.b