coin

03:36 May 25, 2014
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy / inscription on a coin
Latin term or phrase: coin
I have a coin with this inscription on it, can you tell me what it means and where it comes from?

ET ALTERRA MIHI PATRIA CORON PRAGAE MENSE SEPT MDCCCXXXVI / OBVERSE SIDE

MARIA ANNA AVGVSTA FERDINANDI I IMP ET REGIS / FRONT SIDE
AL GRIFFIN


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Rebecca Garber


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Explanation:
(Obverse) And the other is my homeland, coronation [in] Prague in the month of September 1836
(Front) of Maria Anna Empress [and] Ferdinand I Emperor and King

It's a coronation medal, not a coin. A souvenir of the event.

Rebecca Garber
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