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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 562766, member: 4703&quot;]&quot;CAROLVS IX DG FRANCORVM REX INVIC&quot; is Latin for &quot;Charles IX, by the Grace of God Invincible King of France&quot;.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know enough about 16th Century numismatics to determine whether your item is a coin or a medal, but I lean toward its being a medal because of the lack of a denomination and its overall appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other piece is definitely a medal of some sort related to Pope Gregory XIII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading the legends on both would have been much easier for us old folk with failing eyesight had your pictures been in focus, right side up, or preferably both.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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