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Maria Theresia
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1673 |
| Type | Utility token |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Queen Marie-Thérèse facing right, her hair elaborately dressed with curls, wearing a pearl necklace and royal robes. The portrait fills most of the field and is surrounded by a circular Latin legend with a reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAR THER D G FR ET NAV REG (Translation: Marie Thérèse, by the grace of God, queen of the Franks and Navarre) |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Pharos of Alexandria, rendered as a tiered classical lighthouse with columned stories rising in diminishing tiers, surmounted by a flaming torch, set amid turbulent waves with ships' rigging visible in the background. The date 1673 appears in the exergue, and the circular Latin legend is separated by quatrefoil stops, with a reeded border. |
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