Noble: Henry V in Ship with Shield of Arms (obverse); Ornamental Cross with Lis Terminals (reverse) (1413–22): Art, History and Details

Noble: Henry V in Ship with Shield of Arms (obverse); Ornamental Cross with Lis Terminals (reverse) (1413–22) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

For a considerable time it was impossible to determine which coins belonged to the last part of the reign of Henry IV and which to the first part of the reign of Henry V. However the finding of a hoard of coins in 1929, which contained 63 nobles, resulted in a more correct classification. The importance of finding buried hoards of coins is important to their study. The classification of this coin as class B refers to the type of lettering and markings. There are seven such groups of these coins.

Object facts

• Title: Noble: Henry V in Ship with Shield of Arms (obverse); Ornamental Cross with Lis Terminals (reverse)
• Date: 1413–22
• Culture: England, Henry V, 1413-1422
• Type: Coins
• Technique: gold
• Dimensions: Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
• Collection: MED - Numismatics
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1969.164

A detail from the museum

Henry V's coins are very similar to those of his father; there are seven different varieties of design and style of lettering.

Collection credit

The Norweb Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• 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.

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