Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse) (1619–20): Art, History and Details

Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse) (1619–20) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

This gold coin comes from the third period (1619–25) of coinage of King James I of England and features a crowned shield surrounded by roses and lions on the reverse. This is the last medieval design of the king enthroned, an excellent example of the fine designs that the ancient craftsmen managed to produce on hand-struck hammered coins.

Object facts

• Title: Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
• Date: 1619–20
• Culture: England, James I, 1603-1625
• Type: Coins
• Technique: gold
• Dimensions: Diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
• Collection: MED - Numismatics
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1969.190

A detail from the museum

A rose ryal is worth 30 shillings; you can see a roman numeral 30 on the reverse.

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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