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ANNE OF AUSTRIA, 1644
WARIN, Jean: France, 1644, Bronze, 60 mm
Obv: Bust of Anne of Austria .ANNA. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REG.
Rev: A gnomon on a pedestal bearing Anne's coat of arms, in a landscape.
Banner above inscribed: COELESTE RATIONE REGENS (Ruling With Celestial
Judgement)
Exergue: .1644.
Possible early restrike
Ref: The Medal, 1987 #8; Wurz. 305; Jones II, 203/203
This medal was struck shortly after Anne's ascendancy to
the position of Regent of France following the death of her husband Louis
XIII. (See a brief biography of Anne of
Austria)
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