v11_2334 - GREAT BRITAIN - GEORGE IV Souverain, (Sovereign) 1822 Londres
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Type : Souverain, (Sovereign)
Date: 1822
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 5357000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,94 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec des petits plats d’usure de circulation sur les parties les plus en relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIUS IIII D:G: - BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Georges IV à gauche, au-dessous B.P.
Obverse translation : (Georges IV par la grâce de Dieu roi des Bretons et défenseur de la Foi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Saint Georges à cheval bondissant à droite, casqué, nu, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule, terrassant le dragon ; à l’exergue 1822, signé B.P..
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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