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Angel: An Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (reverse)
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Angel: An Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (reverse)

1553–54 · gold

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This piece is one of the finest specimens known. It contains on the reverse, at the end of the legend, an unexplained mark that strongly resembles a small letter c, superimposed on a figure 7.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineAngel: An Angel Slaying a Dragon (obverse); Ship with Shield of Arms (reverse), 1553–54. England, Mary, 1553-1554. Gold; diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.180
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