id: 144543 accession number: 1969.215 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.215 updated: Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse), 1826. Design by Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850). Gold; diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.215 title: Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1826 creation date earliest: 1826 creation date latest: 1826 current location: creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: England, George IV, 1820-1830 technique: gold department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Numismatics type: Coins find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean Baptiste Merlen (French, 1769–1850) - designer --- measurements: Diameter: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: DEI GRATIA * 1826 * GEORGIUS IV. translation: remark: inscription: BRITANNIARUM.REX FID: DEF translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1969 opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * English Gold Coins: Ancient to Modern Times. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963). --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1969 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1969- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The shield is quartered with the arms of England (1 & 4), Scotland (2), and Ireland (3) with the crowned arms of the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg at the center. digital description: wall description: Only pattern five-pound pieces were struck during the reign of George IV, none being put into circulation. In this reign, specimen proof sets appeared for the first time in 1823, and the pattern five- and two-pound pieces as well as the pattern silver crown were included in the sets. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, and Emery May Norweb. English Gold Coins, Ancient to Modern Times, On Loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Norweb Collection. [Catalog. 1968.] page number: p. 72 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.215/1969.215_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.215/1969.215_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.215/1969.215_full.tif