Disc of Gold Bullion
Object Name
Category
Metalwork
Date
1622
Medium
gold
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.29439
Location
AGO, Gallery 244 Sam & Ayala Zacks Pavilion
Gallery Number
AGO, Gallery 244
Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Outside: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Outside: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Recovered from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha shipwreck of 1622. Struck with 6 royal tax stamps, four karat stamps and three mint stamps