The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Five Guineas: Anne (obverse); Shields and rose (reverse)
1703
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Of the five guineas struck for circulation, this type is the rarest.Description
The coinage during Anne's reign remained fairly constant to the designs inaugurated in 1662. Before the Act of Union with Scotland (1706), the arms of England and Scotland remained separate, as shown. After the act the two arms were conjoined on one shield. The word Vigo denotes that the coins were struck from gold captured from the Spanish at the Battle of Vigo Bay (1702). Although silver coins bearing the Vigo inscription are less rare, the three gold denominations bearing the symbol are all extremely rare.- -1926Reginald Huth (1853-1926), London, England4/4/1927Sale: Sotheby's London, 4/4/1927-1969Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art1969-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Sotheby & Co. (London, England). Coins and Medals, the Property of the Late Reginald Huth, Esq., of 32, Phillimore Gardens, London, Sold by Order of Noel Huth, Esq. London: Sotheby's, 1927.Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. [Catalog. 1968. p. 62
- Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.203