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Medal - Frederik III Coronation
| Location | Denmark |
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| Year | 1648 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of King Frederik III facing three-quarters right, wearing a richly decorated mantle and the chain of the Order of the Elephant, set within an ornate cartouche flanked by putti holding garlands of fruit and foliage, with a cherub head at the top. The circumferential legend runs around the outer border, with the date 1648 at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRIDERICUS III.D.G.DAN.NORW.GOT.VAND.REX.DUX.SL.HOL.ST.DIT.COM.IN OLD.& DELM. 16 | 48 (Translation: King Frederik III, King of Denmark and Norway, the Goths and the Wends, duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, and Ditmarsh, count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst) |
| Reverse description | A lightly draped female personification of Peace seated on a pedestal, her feet resting on a terrestrial globe, raising her right arm toward a radiant sun face in the upper left field, while her left hand holds a palm branch and an open book resting on her lap. The central composition is set within a radiant oval border, with the German legend encircling the outer rim. |
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