Two Guinea Piece: George III (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
1773
John Sigismund Tanner
John Sigismund Tanner (British, 1705–1775)
Medieval Art
Two Guinea Piece: George III (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1773. Design by John Sigismund Tanner (British, 1705–1775). Gold; diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.210 The year this coin was minted, colonists in Boston raided three British ships throwing several hundred chests of tea into the harbor.
- Maker/Artist
- John Sigismund Tanner
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: DEI . GRA . GEORGIVS . III . Translation: George III by the grace of God Inscription: M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET 1773 Translation: King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire Remark: reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.210
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, <em>English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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