Description
George IV (1820-30), Two Pounds, 1823, bare head left, small scale J.B.M. below truncation indicating the engraver Jean Baptiste Merlen, legend surrounds from bottom left GEORGIUS IIII DG BRITANNIAR REX FD. Rev, Saint George on horseback with plumed helmet slaying the dragon right, W.W.P. below broken lance on ground-line for the Mint Master William Wellesley Pole, date in exergue, initials B.P. to upper right of exergue for Pistrucci, edge inscription DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI IV (S.3798; MCE 470).
Few trivial nicks in portrait and below truncation, the normal faint brushmarks both sides. Rich golden depth to the toning, good extremely fine. A handsome example.
