Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse)
1826
Jean Baptiste Merlen
Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850)
Medieval Art
Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1826. Design by Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850). Gold; diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.215 The shield is quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2), and Ireland (3) with the crowned arms of the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg at the center.
- Maker/Artist
- Jean Baptiste Merlen
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: DEI GRATIA * 1826 * GEORGIUS IV. Translation: George IV by the Grace of God Remark: obverse Inscription: BRITANNIARUM.REX FID: DEF Translation: King of the Britains and Defender of the Faith Remark: reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.215
- 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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