fme_508470 - GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV Couronnement du roi Georges IV
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Couronnement du roi Georges IV
Date: 1821
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (1783-1855)
Weight : 22,75 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire avec très peu d’usure. Quelques traces de manipulation. Belle patine marron
Catalogue references :
BHM1070 - Eimer.1146a
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIUS IIII D. G. - BRITANNIARUM REX F. D..
Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche de Georges IV, signé : B. P..
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO. // À L’EXERGUE : INAUGURATUS / DIE. JULII. XIX / ANNO. MDCCCXXI.
Reverse description : Couronnement par une Victoire de Georges IV, allégories de Britannia, Hibernia et Scotia debout faces à lui. Signé sur la plinthe : B. P..
Commentary
Benedetto Pistrucci (1783-1855) est un graveur et médailliste italien bien connu pour son design du souverain anglais avec Saint Georges et le dragon.
Historical background
GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV
(01/29/1820-06/25/1830)
Georges IV (09/12/1762-06/25/1830) is the eldest son of Georges III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg. After a depraved youth, he became Regent in 1810 when his father's dementia was too serious. He married Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821). Their only daughter Charlotte (1796-1817) married Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the future King of the Belgians. His brothers Guillaume IV and Ernest-Auguste are respectively King of England and King of Hanover. His niece Victoria becomes queen. Georges IV is an ultra-conservative, sworn enemy of Napoleon and a traitor to the word given to the Emperor, whom he allows to be deported to the island of Saint Helena. He relies on Wellington to govern.
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