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Two Pound Piece: George V (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse)

Bertram Mackennal

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gold coin with two sides. Left side has the profile of a man in a suit with short hair facing left. The text around the edge reads, from top to bottom, "GEORGIVS V DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX FD IND IMP". Right side depicts a man on a horse, the man is wearing a helmet with a plume and no shirt, he is holding a sword in his right hand and what appears to be a winged object in his left hand. The man on the horse appears to be stabbing a scaled creature with a long tail, which is on the ground. The year "1911" appears at the bottom edge. The coin has a reeded edge. The background is gray.

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900 × 446 px
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