Two Pound Piece: Portrait of George IV (obverse)

Jean Baptiste Merlen, Francis Leggatt Chantrey1823

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Title: Two Pound Piece: Portrait of George IV (obverse)
Creator: Francis Legatt Chantrey (British, 1781-1841), Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850)
Date Created: 1823
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Provenance: Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Coins
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.214.a
Medium: gold
Inscriptions: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: GEORGIUS IIII D: G:
Department: Medieval Art
Culture: England, George IV, 1820-1830
Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
Collection: MED - Numismatics
Accession Number: 1969.214.a

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