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1/2 Crown - Charles I Expedition to La Rochelle
| Issuer | England (United Kingdom) |
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| Year | 1628 |
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| Weight | 14.88 g |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian effigy of King Charles I in armour, holding a baton, riding to the right on a prancing horse, all within a beaded inner circle. The engraver's signature N. BRIOT. F. appears in the exergue beneath the horse. The outer legend reads O REX · DA · FACILEM · CURSVM, a Latin supplication drawn from Virgil, rendered in elegant Roman lettering between the beaded border and the inner circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | O REX · DA · FACILEM · CURSVM N. BRIOT. F. |
| Reverse description | Crowned oval shield of the Royal Arms of England, quartering England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, flanked by the date 16-28 in the field on either side. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend ATQVE · AVDACIBVS · ANNVE · COEPTIS, completing the Virgilian motto from the obverse, is inscribed between the beaded border and the inner circle in crisp Latin lettering. |
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