Information about legend: ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF ·
| Legend | ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF · |
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| Full text | ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSATRIX |
| Translation | Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith. |
This legend is displayed on British coinage, including bullion and commemorative (various denominations of the sovereign type, as well as Crown-sized commemoratives and other Non-Circulating Legal Tender), issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. On coins carrying her Fourth Portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, the legend does not go completely around the reverse; where it is combined with the Fifth Portrait (by Jody Clark), the legend runs continuously around the rim and has dividers between every word, as: ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF ·. By long-standing tradition, the legends of ruling British monarchs are rendered in Latin. On coinage, these are abbreviated because of the limited space available. Below, you can find a list of the individual coins that had it on their obverse. | |
Elizabeth II on gold sixpence United Kingdom / Sixpence 2021 ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · FID · DEF · legend on a gold sixpence. |
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| Year From | 1998 |
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| Year To | 2022 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Person | Queen Elizabeth II |
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