Obverse description | Laureate and armored half-bust of King Christian V with long hair and a strange cut on the back. |
Obverse lettering | CHRISTIAN. V. REX. |
DAN:NOR:VAND:GOT: (Translation: King Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway, the Goths and the Wends) |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Naval battle scene on a roaring seas. At left the Swedish Admiral ship the `Great Crown` is sinking after the assault of the ship of the Danish Admiral Lorentz Creutz. At right the later battle between the Danish Admiral Ship `Christianus Quintus` and the `Sword`, striking in the fire by a Dutch burner. |
Reverse lettering | PIETAS ET IVSTITIA. _______________ VICTORIAM CORONANT 1676 |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | |
Mintage | 1676 - - |
Catalog ID | 8918425140 |
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