fme_1125770 - GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV Médaille, Georges Byron
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Type : Médaille, Georges Byron
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 54,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver GALEAZZI Gaspare (1801-1883)
Weight : 87,56 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron, légèrement irisée, avec de l’usure sur les reliefs et quelques taches d’oxydation. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIVS BYRON.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à droite, signé : G. GALEAZZI F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : AGITANTE CALESCIMVS ILLO.
Reverse description : Génie ailé, jouant de la lyre, un drap sur la jambe et le pied sur une proue de navire.
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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