Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse)
1823
Benedetto Pistrucci
Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784–1855)
Medieval Art
Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse), 1823. After Benedetto Pistrucci (Italian, 1784–1855), after a design by Francis Legatt Chantrey (British, 1781–1841), Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850). Gold; diameter: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.214 This is the only modern British coin on which the initials of the Master of the Mint, William Wellesley Pole, appear, on the reverse below the broken lance.
- Maker/Artist
- Pistrucci, Benedetto
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: GEORGIUS IIII D: G: Translation: George III by the Grace of God, King of the British territories, Defender of the Faith Remark: obverse Inscription: 1895 Remark: reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.214
- 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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