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    "localId": "140457",
    "label": "Leopard d'Or of Edward III of England (obverse)",
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    "id": "140457",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Leopard d'Or of Edward III of England (obverse)",
    "description": "Known as a \"Golden Leopard\" because of the crowned leopard on one side, this gold coin was minted for Edward III, king of England and France.",
    "date": "1327–1377",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.373.a",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, Anglo-Gallic, Gothic period, 14th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1964.373.a"
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    "tec": "gold",
    "tombstone": "Leopard d'Or of Edward III of England (obverse), 1327–1377. England, Anglo-Gallic, Gothic period, 14th century. Gold; diameter: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.373.a",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "crowned leopard passant left framed in double arches and inscription: EDVVARDVS:DEI:GRA:ANGLI:FRANCIE:REX."
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 64",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n88"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 64",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n88"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:13:01.030000",
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    "sourceId": 140457,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
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