George IV (1820-30), Proof gold Half-Sovereign, 1826, engraved by William Wyon after Chantrey, second bare head left, legend GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA date below, raised rim both sides, rev. inverted die axis, engraved by Johann B Merlen, crowned shield of arms, quartered with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, REX FID: DEF: BRITANNIARUM, edge milled (WR 249; S 3804).
The Latin legends translates on obverse as "George IV by the Grace of God," and on the reverse as "King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith."
