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12 Gros - Honore II
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1640 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Honoré II facing right, depicted with flowing hair, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy shows the prince in armour with an elaborate gorget, rendered in the baroque style characteristic of 17th-century Monegasque coinage. The date 1640 appears at the base of the bust within the inner circle. The circumferential Latin legend surrounds the portrait between the inner beaded circle and the coin's edge, partially worn but consistent with the recorded lettering. |
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| Reverse description | The princely arms of Monaco — a lozengy shield of argent and gules — displayed within an ornate collar of a chivalric order, surmounted by a princely crown, all set within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic composition is centrally placed in the field, with the denomination numeral XII appearing in the exergue below the shield. The circumferential Latin legend, recording the prince's titles as Marquis of Campania, Count of Canosio and other dignities, runs between the inner circle and the coin's outer edge. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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