Information about legend: ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · FID · DEF ·

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.