Five Pound Piece: Una, Guiding the Lion (reverse)
1839
William Wyon
William Wyon (British, 1795–1851)
Medieval Art
Five Pound Piece: Una, Guiding the Lion (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.b
- Maker/Artist
- Wyon, William
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- gold
- Medium
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: DIRIGE DEUS GRESSIUS MEOS; below: MDCCCXXXIX; W. WYON R.A. Translation: May the Lord direct my steps; 1839 Remark: Around below, the artist's name W. WYON R.A. (R.A. is the post-nominal for Royal Academician, i.e. an academician of the Royal Academy of Arts in London).
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.217.b
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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