Cleveland Museum of Art
Half Sovereign: Henry VIII (obverse); Crowned Arms (reverse)
- Date
- 1544–47
- Medium
- gold
- Culture
- England, Henry VIII, 1509-1547
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In this third coinage, a new portrait of the king appears. There is now an attempt to make the portrait lifelike, and we see the king fat and middle-aged compared to previous coinage such as 1969.170 . The half sovereign was first introduced in 1544 under Henry VIII and was valued at half a pound sterling or ten shillings.
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