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Medal - George IV Obsequies, T.W. Ingram
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1830 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of George IV facing left in high relief, with curly hair. The Latin legend curves around the upper periphery, and the engraver's signature T.W. INGRAM BIRMM appears in small lettering along the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Four allegorical figures in mourning posed around a draped coffin on a plinth surmounted by a royal crown: a seated female figure to the left, a central standing armoured Britannia leaning sorrowfully on the coffin, a grieving winged angel to the right, and a fourth female figure at the far left. A lion's head and a Union shield appear at lower right, with a lyre and other attributes at lower centre. The key dates of George IV's life and reign are inscribed around the periphery and in the exergue. |
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