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    "localId": "144463",
    "label": "Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "144463",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)",
    "description": "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.",
    "date": "1619–20",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.190",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79921705"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.190/1969.190_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.190/1969.190_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.190/1969.190_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, James I, 1603-1625"
    ],
    "accession": "1969.19"
}

{
    "tec": "gold",
    "tombstone": "Rose Ryal: James I (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1619–20. England, James I, 1603-1625. Gold; diameter: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.190",
    "collection": "MED - Numismatics",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "IACOBUS DG MA BRI FR ET HI REX",
            "inscription_translation": "James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "A. DNO FACTUM EST ISTUD ET EST MIRAB IN OCULIS NRIS, XXX",
            "inscription_translation": "This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes, 30 (shillings)",
            "inscription_remark": "reverse, Psalm 118"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "A rose ryal is worth 30 shillings; you can see a roman numeral 30 on the reverse.",
    "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. 49"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.190",
    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:25:10.707000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.190/1969.190_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 144463,
    "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/1969.190/1969.190_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b1f116dd44687aa7"
}