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    "localId": "144483",
    "label": "Triple Unite or Three Pound Piece: Charles I (obverse); Declaration on Scroll (reverse)",
    "core": "obj",
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}

{
    "id": "144483",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Triple Unite or Three Pound Piece: Charles I (obverse); Declaration on Scroll (reverse)",
    "description": "A more rare example of the Oxford Triple Unite, this piece is struck on a slightly smaller flan or planchet than <a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.195\">1969.195</a>. Until his capture the King's headquarters remained at Oxford, and the OXON below the date denotes the place of striking. The king is shown at half length and is crowned. He holds a sword and olive branch with a plume behind him. On the reverse is Psalm 68, \"Let God arise and His enemies be scattered.\"",
    "date": "1644",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.196",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79921745"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.196/1969.196_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.196/1969.196_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.196/1969.196_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, Charles I, 1625-1649"
    ],
    "accession": "1969.196"
}

{
    "tec": "gold",
    "tombstone": "Triple Unite or Three Pound Piece: Charles I (obverse); Declaration on Scroll (reverse), 1644. England, Charles I, 1625-1649. Gold; diameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.196",
    "collection": "MED - Numismatics",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "CAROLUS DG MAG BRIT FRAN ET HIBER REX",
            "inscription_translation": "Charles by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "III RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR 1644 OXON",
            "inscription_translation": "The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England and the liberty of Parliament",
            "inscription_remark": "reverse"
        },
        {
            "inscription": "EXURGAT DEUS DISSIPENTUR INIMICI",
            "inscription_translation": "Let God arise and His enemies be scattered",
            "inscription_remark": "around edge on reverse, Psalm 68"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The Triple Unite, valued at three pounds, was only produced during the English Civil War between 1642 and 1644.",
    "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. 55"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.196",
    "creditline": "The Norweb Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:25:14.816000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.196/1969.196_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 144483,
    "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/1969.196/1969.196_web.jpg",
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}