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Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse)

1826

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designer

Jean Baptiste Merlen

(French, 1769–1850)

England, George IV, 1820-1830

Gold

Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1969.215.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

DEI GRATIA * 1826 * GEORGIUS IV.

Provenance
Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1969-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1969.215.a