"GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP:"
(1st portrait or large head)
Latin : Georgivs V Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Rex Fidei Defensor Indiæ Imperator
English : George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India
Uncrowned portrait of King George V facing to the left, surrounded by the above mentioned legend. This was the large official portrait of the king used on British Imperial coinage and coins across the British Empire from 1911 to 1928 and was created by sculptor Bertram Mackennal. The initials "B.M." are visible at the bottom of the portrait, denoting the engraver.
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; London, June 3, 1865 – Sandringham, January 20, 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 until his death, patriarch and first British monarch of the House of Windsor, renamed by him in place of the former House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, due to the anti-German sentiment that dominated the United Kingdom.
George was the grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and first cousin of Emperors Nicholas II of Russia and Wilhelm II of Germany.
St George riding horse, facing right, wearing helmet and cape, holding sword in right hand, slaying dragon below, date (1913) and designer's initials (B.P.) in exergue.
Saint George is the patron saint of England. The classic and iconic St. George and the dragon design seen on gold Sovereigns was created in 1817 by an Italian artist named Benedetto Pistrucci (B.P.).
B. Pistrucci was born in Rome, Italy (in May 1783) and went to London in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, soon after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. While he was in London, B. Pistrucci was introduced to William Wellesley Pole, the Master of the Mint and worked for The Royal Mint until 1849. He died six years later (in September 1855) at Englefield Green, near Windsor, England.
The picture is just an example. We also have available coins with other dates.
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