Period
Modern
Person
William Shakespeare, Leonard Charles Wyon, Hunt and Roskell, J. Bell
Dating
1864
Obverse
HAMLET. / KING LEAR. / MERCHANT / OF VENICE. / ANTHONY & / CLEOPATRA. / TWELFTH / NIGHT. / TAMING THE / SHREW. / MIDSUM MER / NIGHT'S DREAM. / OTHELLO. / PERICLES. / TROILUS & / CRESSIDA. / HENRY VI Pᵀ II. / WINTER'S TALE. / MEASURE FOR / MEASURE. / COMEDY OF ERRORS. / HENRY VI Pᵀ III. / TIMON OF ATHENS. / TITUS ANDRONICUS / VENUS & ADONIS. / RAPE OF LUCRECE / SONNETS / LYRICS / HENRY IV. / MACBETH. / MERRY / WIVES OF / WINDSOR. / TEMPEST. / ALL'S WELL / THAT ENDS WELL. / LOVE'S / LABOUR LOST. / RICHARD II. / HENRY VIII. / CYMBELINE. / JULIUS CÆSAR. / AS YOU LIKE IT. / ROMEO & JULIET. / HENRY VI. / RICHARD III. / CORIOLANUS. / KING JOHN. / TWO GENTLEMEN / OF VERONA. / MUCH ADO ABOUT / NOTHING. / HENRY IV Pᵀ II. / SONNETS. / LYRICS. / William Shakspere / HUNT AND ROSKELL DIR., bust of William Shakespeare, left; inscription in exergue, including one of his signatures; floral and vegetal motifs; names of plays around, radiating left and right from the middle
Reverse
TERCENTENARY ANNIVERSARY . 1864 J. BELL DEL. L. C. WYON. SC. 1664 1864, apotheosis of William Shakespeare, facing, seated on a cloud, surrounded by three female classicizing figures who each represent a century of time elapsed since Shakespeare's birth; they hold scrolls with the years 1664 (left) and 1864 (right), who crowns Shakespeare with a laurel wreath; in his lap are two more laurel wreaths, alongside a quill
