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    "localId": "144473",
    "label": "Unite: Charles I (obverse); Crowned Shield (reverse)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "144473",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Unite: Charles I (obverse); Crowned Shield (reverse)",
    "description": "When compared with the Charles I Unite struck in 1625 (<a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.192\">1969.192</a>), the finer work and clarity of detail in this work is remarkable. This coin and others of the same period were likely struck by the same form of mechanical process, although this was probably struck as a proof and not meant for circulation.",
    "date": "1630–1631",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.193",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79921725"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.193/1969.193_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.193/1969.193_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.193/1969.193_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, Charles I, 1625-1649"
    ],
    "accession": "1969.193"
}

{
    "tec": "gold",
    "tombstone": "Unite: Charles I (obverse); Crowned Shield (reverse), 1630–1631. England, Charles I, 1625-1649. Gold; diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.193",
    "collection": "MED - Numismatics",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "CAROLUS DG MAG BRIT FR ET HIB REX,  XX",
            "inscription_translation": "Charles by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. 20 (shillings)"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA, CR",
            "inscription_translation": "I reign under the auspice of Christ",
            "inscription_remark": "reverse"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The unite was named after the legends on the coin indicating the king's intention of uniting his two kingdoms of England and Scotland.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb.<em> English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection</em>. [Catalog. 1968.",
            "page_number": "p. 52"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.193",
    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:25:12.731000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.193/1969.193_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 144473,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Numismatics",
    "med": "gold",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.193/1969.193_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4b7347e268cb6ee2"
}