Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); Una (reverse)
1839
William Wyon
William Wyon (British, 1795–1851)
Medieval Art
Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); Una (reverse), 1839. Design by William Wyon (British, 1795–1851). Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.217 This five-pound piece was never for circulation but instead for presentation and collectors.
- Maker/Artist
- Wyon, William
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D: Translation: Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith Remark: obverse Inscription: DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS; MDCCCXXXIX; W. WYON R.A. Translation: May the Lord direct my steps; 1839 Remark: reverse
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.217
- 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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