Five Pound Piece: Una, Guiding the Lion (reverse)

William Wyon (British, 1795-1851)1839

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Title: Five Pound Piece: Una, Guiding the Lion (reverse)
Creator: William Wyon (British, 1795-1851)
Date Created: 1839
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Provenance: Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Coins
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.217.b
Medium: gold
Inscriptions: DIRIGE DEUS GRESSIUS MEOS; below: MDCCCXXXIX; W. WYON R.A.
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: England, Victoria, 1837-1901
Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
Collection: MED - Numismatics
Accession Number: 1969.217.b

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