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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.260
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Noble Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1377-1399
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226376

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Dimensions
3.5 cm diam. x 0.1 cm depth (1 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
7.79 g
Denomination
noble
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, around perimeter: RICARD DI G R[EX ANGL Z FR DNS] HIBS [Z AQT] [=Richard by the grace of God King of England and France Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine]
  • inscription: reverse, around perimeter: IHC AUTEM TRAN[SIE]NS PER MEDIU ILLORR IBAT [=But Jesus passing through their midst went his way]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.260
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Richard standing in a ship, with sword and shield; reverse: within a tressure of eight arches, floriated cross with a lion in each angle.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), no. 1, p. 159, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973

Verification Level

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