Two Pound Piece: Portrait of George IV (obverse)
1823
Francis Legatt Chantrey
Francis Legatt Chantrey (British, 1781–1841)
Medieval Art
Two Pound Piece: Portrait of George IV (obverse), 1823. After a design by Francis Legatt Chantrey (British, 1781–1841), engraved by Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850). Gold; diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.214.a
- Maker/Artist
- Chantrey, Francis Legatt
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: GEORGIUS IIII D: G:
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.214.a
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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