The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Oxford
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Gallery 7
Money
Oxford Crown
The crown gives us a view of Oxford at the time of Charles I. A detailed picture of a city like this is without parallel on English coinage. In the foreground is the city wall and moat. On the left is Magdalen Tower. The two central spires belong to All Saints Church (reconstructed since the time of Charles I and now Lincoln College Library) and the University Church of St Mary The Virgin on the High Street.
