Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.206)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1716
The Act of the Union of 1706 by Queen Anne added the arms of Scotland to those of England. The shields now read as England & Scotland, France, Ireland, and Hanover.
Around the shields the many titles of the king are abbreviated to sometimes only one letter: BRVN ET·L·DVX S·I·R·A·TH ET·EL Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch Treasurer and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.206: Five Guineas: George I (obverse); Shields and Star of the Order of the Garter (reverse), 1716. England, George I, 1714-1727. Gold; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). Inscribed: GEORGIVS.D.G.M.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX.F.D.
(George by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith); BRVN ET L DVX S R I A TH ET EL 1716 (Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Historical context
In the center of the shields is the symbol of the Order of the Garter, an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348.
Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold
Design
- Inscriptions
- GEORGIVS.D.G.M.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX.F.D. (George by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith); BRVN ET L DVX S R I A TH ET EL 1716 (Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire)
Identification
- Date recorded
- 1716
- Culture period
- England, George I, 1714-1727
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1969.206
- Published references
- 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. p. 63
- Museum classification
- Coins
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Catalogue references
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