Coins Inscriptions
By Royal Mint | Tuesday, 3 July 2001
This alphabetical listing is confined to inscriptions, mainly in the form of mottoes or of a commemorative nature. Names of rulers are, for the most part, excluded. Where the inscription is in a language other than English a translation is given, followed by the name of the issuing country or authority.
Inscription | Translation | Issuing country or authority |
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A Deo et Caesare | From God and the Emperor | Frankfurt |
A Domino Factum est Istud et est Mirabile in Oculis Nostris | This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes | England, Mary |
A Solo lehova Sapientia | From God alone comes true wisdom | Wittgenstein |
Ab Inimicis Meis Libera Me Deus | Free me from enemies | Burgundy |
Ad Legem Conventionis | According to the law of the Convention | Furstenberg |
Ad Normam Conventionis | According to the standard of the Convention | Prussia |
Ad Palmam Pressa Laeturo Resurgo | Pressed to the palm I rise more joyfully | Wittgenstein |
Ad Usam Luxemburgi CC Vallati | For the use of the besieged Luxembourgers | Luxembourg siege coins |
Adiuva Nos Deus Salutaris Noster | Help us, O God, our Saviour | Lorraine |
Adventus Optimi Principis | The coming of the noblest prince | Papacy |
Aes Usibus Aptius Auro | Bronze in its uses is more suitable than gold | Brazil |
Aeternum Meditans Decus | An ornament intended for all time | Alencon |
Aliis Inserviendo Consumor | I spend my life devoted to others | Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel |
Alles Mit Bedacht | All with reflection | Brunswick |
Amor Populi Praesidium Regis | The love of the people is the king's protection | England, Charles I |
Ang Fra Dom Hib & Aquit | (King) of England and France, Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine | England, Edward III |
Anno Regni Primo | In the first year of the reign | Britain, edge inscription on crowns |
Apres les Tenebres la Lumiere | After the shadows, the light | Geneva |
Archangelus Michael | Archangel Michael | Italy, Grimoald IV |
Ardua ad Gloriam Via | Struggles are the way to glory | Waldeck |
Arte Mea Bis lustus Moneta Lud lust | By my art I am twice the just coin of King Louis | France, 1641 |
Aspera Oblectant | Wild places delight | Nassau-Weilburg |
Aspice Pisas Sup Omnes Specio | Behold the coin of Pisa, superior to all | Pisa |
Audiatur Altera Pars | Let the other part be heard | Stavelot |
Auf Gott Trawe Ich | In God I trust | Brunswick |
Ausen Gefaesen der Kirchen und Burger | From the vessels of the Church and citizens | Frankfurt siege, 1796 |
Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae | By authority of the king and parliament of England | East India Company |
Auxilio fortissimo Dei | With the strongest help of God | Mecklenburg |
Auxilium de Sanctio | Aid from the sanctuary | Papacy |
Auxilium Meum a Dno Qui Fecit Celum e Terram | My help comes from God who made heaven and earth | Portugal |
Basilea | Basle | |
Beata Tranquillatis | Blessed tranquillity | Rome, Licinius II |
Beatus Qui Speravit in dom | Blessed is he who has hoped in the Lord | Mansfeld |
Benedic Haereditati Tuae | Blessings on your inheritance | Savoy |
Benedicta Sit Sancta Trinitas | Blessed be the Holy Trinity | Albon |
Benedictio Domini Divites Facit | The blessing of the Lord makes the rich | Teschen |
Benedictus Qui Venit in Nomine Domini | Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord | Flanders |
Beschaw das Ziel Sage Nicht Viel | Consider the matter but say little | Quedlinburg |
Besser Land und Lud Verloren als ein Falscher Aid Geschworn | Better to lose land and wealth than swear a false oath | Hesse |
Bey Gott ist Rath und | That With God is counsel and deed | Mansfeld |
Britanniarum Regina | Queen of the Britains | Britain, Victoria |
Britt Omn Rex | King of all the Britains | i.e.Britain
and the overseas dominions Britain, 1902-52 |
Cal et Car Com de Fugger in Zin et Norn Sen & Adm Fam | Cajetan and Carl, Counts of Fugger in Zinnenberg and Nordendorf, Lords and Administrators of the Family | Empire, Fugger |
Candide et Constanter | Sincerely and steadfastly | Hesse-Cassel |
Candide sed Provide | Clearly but cautiously | Osterwitz |
Candore et Amore | With sincerity and love | Fulda |
Candore et Constantia | With sincerity and constancy | Bavaria |
Capit Cath Ecclesia Monasteriensis | Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Munster | Munster |
Capit Eccle Metropolit Colon | Chapter of the Metropolitan Church of Cologne | Cologne |
Capitulum Regnans Sede Vacante | Chapter governing, the See being vacant | Eichstadt |
Carola Magna Ducissa Feliciter Regnante | Grand Duchess Charlotte, happily reigning | Luxembourg |
Carolus a Carolo | Charles (I) to Charles (II) | England |
Cedunt Prementi Fata | The fates yield to him who presses | Ploen, Hese-Cassel |
Charitate et Candore | With charity and sincerity | East Frisia |
Charta Magna Bavariae | The Great Charter of Bavaria | Bavaria |
Christo Auspice Regno | I reign under the auspices of Christ | England, Charles I |
Christus Spes Una Salutis | Christ is our one hope of salvation | Cleve |
Chur Mainz Electoral Principality of Mainz | Mainz | |
Circumeundo Servat et Ornat | It serves and decorates by going around | Sweden |
Civibus Quorum Pietas Coniuratione Die III Mai MDCCXCI Obrutam et Deletam Libertate Polona Tueri Conabatur Respublica Resurgens | To the citizens whose piety the resurgent commonwealth tried to protect Poland overturned and deprived of libertv by the conspiracy of the third day of May 1791 | Poland |
Civitas Lucemborgiensis Millesimum Ovans Expletannum | Completing the celebration of a thousand years of the city of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Civium Industria Floret Civitas | By the industry of its people the state flourishes | Festival of Britain crown, 1951 |
Cluniaco Cenobio Petrus et Paulus | Peter and Paul from the Abbey of Cluny | Cluny |
Comes Provincie Fili Regis Francie | Court of Provence and son of the King of France | Provence |
Communitas et Senatus Bonon | City and senate of Bologna | Bologna |
Concordia Fratrum | The harmony of the brothers | lever |
Concordia Patriae Nutrix | Peace, the nurse of the fatherland | Waldeck |
Concordia Res Panae Crescunt | Little things increase through harmony | Batavian Republic |
Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt, Discordia Dilabuntur | By harmony little things increase, by discord they fall apart | Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg |
Concordia Stabili | With lasting peace | Hildesheim |
Confidens Dno Non Movetur | He who trusts in God is unmoved | Spanish Netherlands |
Confidentia in Deo et Vigilantia | Trust in God and vigilance | Prussian Asiatic Company |
Confoederato Helvetica | Swiss Confederation | Switzerland |
Conjuncto Felix | Fortunate in his connections | Solms |
Conservator Urbis Suae | Saviour of his city | Rome, 4th century |
Consilio et Aequitate | With deliberation and justice | Fulda |
Consilio et Virtutis | With deliberation and valour | Hesse-Cassel |
Constanter et Sincere | Steadfastly and sincerely | Lautern |
Crescite et Multiplicamini | Increase and multiply | Maryland |
Cristiana Religio Christian religion | Germany, 11th century | |
Crux Benedicat | May the cross bless you | Oldenburg |
Cuius Cruore Sanati Sumus | By His sacrifice are we healed | Reggio |
Cultores Sui Deus Protegit | God protects His followers | England, Charles I |
Cum Deo et Die | With God and the day | Wurttemberg |
Cum Deo et Jure | With God and the law | Wurttemberg |
Cum Deo et Labore | With God and work | Wittgenstein |
Cum His Qui Orderant Pacem Eram Pacificus | With those who order peace I was peaceful | Zug |
Curie Bonthon to so Doulo | Protect his servant, o Lord | Byzantine Empire |
Custos Regni Deus | God is the guardian of the kingdom | Naples and Sicily |
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Gratia Regina Fidei Defensor By the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith United Kingdom (1p - £2) Da Gloriam Deo et Eius Genitrici Marie | Give glory to God and His mother Mary | Wurttemberg |
Da Mihi Virtutem Contra Hostes Tuos | Give me valour against mine enemies | Netherlands, Charles V |
Dat Wort is Fleis Gworden | The word is made flesh | Muster |
Date Caesaris Caesari et Quae Sunt Dei Deo | Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's | Stralsund |
De Oficina ... | From the mint of... | France, medieval |
Decreto Reipublicae Nexu Confoederationis lunctae Die V Xbris MDCCXCII Stanislao Augusto Regnante | By decree of the state in conjunction with the joint federation on the fifth day of December 1792, Stanislaus Augustus ruling | Poland |
Decus et Tutamen | An ornament and a safeguard | Britain, pound |
Deducet Nos Mirabiliter DexteraTua | Thy right hand will guide us miraculously | Savoy |
Denarium Terrae Mariae | Penny of Maryland | Maryland |
Deo Conservatori Pacis | To God, preserver of peace | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Deo OM Auspice Suaviter et Fortiter sed Luste nec Sibi sed Suis | Under the auspices of God, greatest and best, pleasantly and bravely but justly, not for himself but for his people | Speyer |
Deo Patriae et Subditio | For God, fatherland and neighbourhood | Mainz |
Der Recht Glaubt In Ewig Lebt | Who believes in right will live in eternity | Linange-Westerburg |
Der Rhein ist Deutschlands Strom Nicht Deutschlands Grenze | The Rhine is Germany's River not Germany's Frontier | Germany |
Deum Solum Adorabis | You will venerate God alone | Hesse |
Deus Constituit Regna | God establishes kingdoms | Nijmegen |
Deus Dat Qui Vult | God gives to him who wishes | Hanau-Munzenberg |
Deus et Dominus | God and Lord | Rome, 3rd century |
Deus in Adiutorium Meum Intende | God stretch out in my assistance | France |
Deus Providebit | God will provide | Lowenstein Wertheim-Virneburg |
Deus Refugium Meum | God is my refuge | Cleve |
Deus Solatium Meum | God is my comfort | Sweden |
Dextera Domini Exaltavit Me | The right hand of God has raised me up | Modena, Spain |
Dextra Dei Exalta Me | The right hand of God exalts me | Denmark |
Dieu et Mon Droit | God and my right | Britain, George IV |
Dilexit Dns Andream | The Lord delights in St Andrew | Holstein |
Dilexit Dominus Decorem lustitiae | The Lord is pleased with the beauty of justice | Unterwalden |
Dirige Deus Gressus Meos | O God, direct my steps | Tuscany, Britain, Una £5 |
Discerne Causam Meam | Distinguish my cause | Savoy |
Divina Benedictiae et Caesarea lustitia | Sacrifice of blessings and imperial justice | Coblenz |
Dn lhs Chs Rex Regnantium | Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings | Rome, ]ustinian II |
Dns Ptetor Ms Z Lib'ator Ms | The Lord is my protector and liberator | Scotland, David II |
Dominabitur Gentium et lpse | He himself will also be lord of the nations | Austrian Netherlands |
Domine Conserva Nos in Pace | O Lord preserve us in peace | Basle, Mulhausen |
Domine Elegisti Lilium Tibi | O Lord Thou hast chosen the lily for Thyself | France, Louis XI |
Domine ne in Furore Tuo Arguas Me | O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger | England, Edward III |
Domine Probasti Me et Congnovisti Me | O LordThou hast tested me and recognised me | Mantua |
Domini est Regnum | The Kingdom is the Lord's | Austrian Netherlands |
Dominus Deus Omnipotens Rex | Lord God, almighty King | Viking coins |
Dominus Mihi Adiutor | The Lord is my helper | Spanish Netherlands |
Dominus Providebit | The Lord will provide | Berne |
DominusSpes Populi Sui | The Lord is the hope of his people | Lucerne |
Donum Dei ex Fodinis Vilmariens | A gift of God from the Vilmar mines | Coblenz |
Duce Deo Fide et Justicia | By faith and justice lead us to God | Ragusa |
Dum Praemor Amplior | I increase while I die prematurely | Savoy |
Dum Spiro Spero | While I live, I hope | Pontefract siege coins |
Dum Totum Compleat Orbem | Until it fills the world | France, Henri II |
Dura Pati Virtus | Valour endures hardships | Saxe-Lauenburg |
Durae Necessitatis | Through force of necessity | Bommel siege, 1599 |
Durum Telum Necessitas | Hardship is a weapon of necessity | Minden |
Dux et Gubematores Reip Genu | Duke and govemors of the republic of Genoa | Genoa |
E Pluribus Unum | One out of more | USA |
Eccl S. Barbarae Patronae Fodin Kuttenbergensium Duo Flor Arg Puri | The church of St Barbara, patron of the Kuttensberg mines, two florins of pure silver | Hungary |
Een en Ondelbaer Sterk | One and indivisible | Batavian Republic |
Eendracht Mag Macht | Unity makes strength | Belgium, South African Republic |
Einigkeit Rechtund Freiheit | Union, right and freedom | Germany |
Electorus Saxoniae Administrator | Elector and administrator of Saxony | Saxony |
Elimosina | Alms | France; Pepin |
Ep Fris & Ratisb Ad Prum Pp Coad Aug | Bishop of Freising and Regensburg, administrator of Pruem, prince-provost, co-adjutant bishop of Augsburg | Trier |
Equa Libertas Deo Gratia Frat Pax in Virtute Tua et in Domino Confido | I believe in equal liberty bythe grace of God, brotherly love in Thy valour and in the Lord | Burgundy |
Equitas ludicia Tua Dom | Equity and Thy judgments O Lord | Gelderland |
Espoir Me Conforte | Hope comforts me | Mansfeld |
Espreuve Faicto Par Lexpres Commandement du Roy | Proof made by the express commandment of the King | France, piedtorts |
Et in Minimis Integer | Faithful even in the smallest things | Olmutz |
Ex Auro Argentes Resurgit | From gold it arises, silver again | Sicily |
Ex Auro Sinico | From Chinese gold | Denmark |
Ex Flammis Orior | I arise from the flames | Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Ohringen |
Ex Fodinis Bipontio Seelbergensibus | From the Seelberg mines of Zweibrucken | Pfalz-Birkenfeld |
Ex Metallo Novo | From new metal | Spain |
Ex Uno Omnis Nostra Salus | From one is all our salvation | Eichstadt, Mulhouse |
Ex Vasis Argent Cleri Mogunt Pro Aris et Focis From the silver vessels of the clergy of Mainz for altars and for hearths | Mainz | |
Ex Visceribus Fodinse Bieber | From the bowels of the Bieber mine | Hanau-Munzenberg |
Exaltabitur in Gloria | He shall be exalted in glory | England, quarter nobles |
Exemplum Probati Numismatis | An example of a proof coin | France, Louis XIII piedforts |
Exemtae Eccle Passau Episc et SRI Princ | Prince Bishop of the freed church of Passau, prince of the Holy Roman Empire | Passau |
Expectate Veni | Come, o expected one | Roman Britain, Carausius |
Extremum Subidium Campen | Kampen under extreme siege | Kampen, 1578 |
Exurgat Deus et Dissipenhr Inimici Eius | Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered | England, James I |
Faciam Eos in Gentem Unam | I will make them one nation | England, unites and laurels |
Faith and Truth I will Bear unto You | UK £5,1993 | |
Fata Consiliis Potiora | The fates are more powerful than councils | Hesse-Cassel |
Fata Viam Invenient | The fates will find a way | Gelderland |
Fecit Potentiam in Brachio Suo | He put power in your forearm | Lorraine |
Fecunditas | Fertility | Naples and Sicily |
Fel Temp Reparatio | The restoration of lucky times | Rome, AD 348 |
Felicitas Perpetua | Everlasting good fortune | Rome, Constantius II |
Felix coniunctio | Happy Union | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Fiat Misericordia Tua Dne | Let Thy mercy be O Lord | Gelderland |
Fiat Voluntas Domini Perpetuo | Let the goodwill of the Lord last for ever | Fulda |
Fidei Defensor | Defender of the Faith | Britain |
Fidelitate et Fortitudine | With fidelity and fortitude | Batthanyi |
Fideliter et Constanter | Faithfully and steadfastly | Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
Fidem Servando Patriam Tuendo | By keeping faith and protecting the fatherland | Savoy |
Filius Augustorum | Son of emperors | Rome, 4th century |
Fisci Iudaici Calumnia Sublata | The false accusation of the Jewish tax lifted | Rome, Nerva |
Florent Concordia Regna | Through harmony kingdoms flourish | England, Charles I and II |
Fortitudo et Laus Mea Dominu | Fortitude and my praise in the Lord | Sardinia |
Free Trade to Africa by Act of Parliment (Sic) | Gold Coast | |
Friedt Ernehrt Unfriedt Verzehrt | Peace nourishes, unrest wastes | Brunswick |
Fulgent Sic Littora Rheni | Thus shine the banks of the Rhine | Mannheim |
Fundator Pacis | Founder of peace | Rome,Severus |
Gaudium Populi Romani | The joy of the Roman people | Rome, 4th century |
Gen C Mar Vl Dim Col USC & RAMAI Cons & S Conf M | General field marshal, colonel of the only dragoon regiment, present privy councillor of both their sacred imperial and royal apostolic majesties, and state conference minister | Batthanyi |
Gerecht und Beharrlich | Just and steadfast | Bavaria |
Germ Hun Boh Rex AAD Loth Ven Sal | King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Lorraine, Venice and Salzburg | Austria |
Germ Jero Rex Loth Bar Mag Het Dux | King of Germany, Jerusalem, Lorraine and Bar, Grand Duke of Tuscany | Austrian Netherlands |
Germania Voti Compos | Germany sharing the vows | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Gloria ex Amore Patriae | Glory from love of country | Denmark |
Gloria in Excelsis Deo | Glory to God in the highest | France, Sweden |
Gloria Novi Saeculi | The glory of a new century | Rome, Gratian |
God With Us | England, Commonwealth | |
Godt Met Ons | God with us | Oudewater |
Gottes Freundt der Pfaffen Feindt | God' s friend, the Pope's enemy | Brunswick, Christian |
Gratia Dei Sum Id Quod Sum | By the grace of God, I am what I am | Navarre |
Gratia Di Rex | By the grace of God, king | France, 8th century |
Gratitudo Condvibus Exemplum Posteritati | Gratitude to fellow Citizens, an example to posterity | Poland |
Gud och Folket | God and the people | Sweden |
Hac Nitimur Hanc Tuemur | With this we strive, this we shall defend | Batavian Republic |
Hac Sub Tutela | Under this protection | Eichstadt |
Haec Sunt Munera Minerae S Antony Eremitae | These are the rewards of the mine of St Antony the hermit | Hildesheim |
Hanc Deus Dedit | God has given this | Pontefract siege coins |
Hanc Tuemur Hac Nitimur | This we defend, by this we strive | Batavian Republic |
Has Nisi Periturus Mihi Adimat Nemo | Let no one remove these (Letters) from me under penalty of death | Commonwealth, edge inscription |
Henricus Rosas Regna Jacobus | Henry (united) the roses, James the kingdoms | England and Scotland, James VI and I |
Herculeo Vincta Nodo | Bound by a Herculean fetter | Savoy |
Herr Nach Deinem Willen | O Lord Thy will be done | Palatinate Erbach |
Herre Gott Verleich Uns Gnade | Lord God grant us grace | Brunswick |
Hic Est Qui Multum Orat Pro Populo | Here is he who prays a lot for the people | Paderborn |
Hir Steid te Biscop | Here is represented the bishop | Gittelde |
His Ventis Vela Levantur | By these winds the sails are raised up | Hesse-Cassel |
Hispaniarum Infans | Infante of Spain and its dominions | Spain |
Hispaniarum et Ind Rex | King of Spain and the lndies | Spain |
Hispaniarum Rex | King of Spain | Spain |
Hoc Signo Victor Eris | With this sign you will be victor | Rome, Vetranio |
Honeste et Decenter | Honestly and decently | Nassau-Idstein |
Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense | Evil to him who evil thinks | Britain, George III |
Honni Soit Qui Mal y Pense | Hesse-Cassel | |
Hospitalis et S Sepul Hierusal | Hospital and Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem | Malta |
Hun Boh Gal Rex AA Lo Wi et in Fr Dux | King of Hungary, Bohemia and Galicia, Archduke of Austria, Dalmatia, Lodomeria, Wurzburg and Duke in Franconia | Austria |
Hung Boh Lomb et Ven Gal LodIII Rex Aa | King of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardo-Venezia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria, Archduke of Austria | Austria |
Ich Dien | I serve | Aberystwyth 2d (two pence) , UK 2p |
Ich Getrawe Gotin Aller Noth | I trust in God in all my needs | Hesse-Marburg |
Ich Habe Nur Ein Vaterland und das Heisst Deutschland | I have only one fatherland and that is called Germany | Germany |
Ielithes Penniae | Penny of Gittelde | Gittelde, 11th century |
Iesus Autem Transiens Per Medium lllorum Ibat | But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way | England, Scotland, Anglo-Gallic |
Iesus Rex Noster et Deus Noster | Jesus is our king and our God | Florence |
Ihs Xs Rex Regnantium | Jesus Christ, King of Kings | Byzantine Empire |
Ihsus Xristus Basileu Baslie | Jesus Christ, King of Kings | Byzantine Empire |
Imago Sanch Regis Illustris Castelle Legionis e Toleto | The image of Sancho the illustrious king of Castile, Leon and Toledo. | |
In Casus Per Vigil Omnes | In all seasons through vigil | Wertheim |
In Deo Meo Transgrediar Murum | In my God I shall pass through walls | Teschen |
In Deo Spes Mea | In God is my hope | Gelderland |
In Domino Fiducia Nostra | In the Lord is our trust | Iever |
In Equitate Tua Vivificasti Me | In thy equity Thou hast vivified me | Gelderland |
In God We Trust | USA | |
In Hoc Signo Vinces | In this sign shalt thou conquer | Portugal |
In H onore Sci Mavrici Marti | In honour of the marhr St Maurice | St Maurice, 8th century |
In Manibus Domini sortes Meae | In the hands of the Lord are my fates | Mainz siege, 1688-89 |
In Memor Vindicatae Libere ac Relig | In memory of the establishment of freedom and religion | Sweden |
In Memoriam Conjunctionis Utriusque Burgraviatus Norice | In memory of the union of both burgraviates in peace | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
In Memorian Connub Feliciaes lnter Princ Her Frider Carol et Dub Sax August Louis Frider Rodas D 28 Nov 1780 Celebrati | In memory of the most happy marriage between the hereditary prince Friedrich Karl and the Duchess of Saxony Augusta Louisa Frederika, celebrated on 28 Nov 1780 | Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt) |
In Memorian Felicisssimi Matrimonii | In memory of the most happy marriage | Wied |
In Memoriam Pacis Teschinensis | Commemorating the Treaty of Teschen | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
In Nomine Domini Amen | In the name of the Lord amen | Zaltbommel |
In Omnem Tenam Sonus Eorum | In to all the land their shall go sound | Chateau Renault, Papal States |
In Silencio et Spe Fortitudo Mea | In silence and hope is my fortitude | Brandenburg-Kustrin |
In Spe et Silentio Fortitudo Mea | In hope and silence is my fortitude | Vianen |
In Te Domine Confido | In you O Lord I place my trust | Hesse |
In Te Domine Speravi | In You, O Lord, I have hoped | Gurk |
In Tena Pax | Peace in the land | Papacy |
In Via Virtuti Nulla Via | There is no way for virtue on the way. | Veldenz |
Ind Imp, Indiae Imperator, Imperatrix | Emperor (Empress) of India | Britain |
India Tibi Cessit | India has yielded to thee | Portuguese India |
Infestus Infestis | Hostile to the troublesome | Savoy |
Inimicos Eius Induam Conhsione | As for his enemies, I shall clothe them in shame | Sardinia, England, Edward VI |
Insignia Capituli Brixensis | The badge of the chapter of Brixen | Brixen |
Isti Sunt Patres Tui Verique Pastores | These are your fathers and true shepherds | Papacy |
Iudicium Melius Posteritatis Erit | Posterity's judgment will be better | Paderborn |
Iure et Tempore | By right and time | Groningen |
Iusques a Sa Plenitude | As far as your plenitude | France, Henri II |
Iuste et Constanter | Justly and constantly | Paderborn |
Iustirt | Adjusted | Hesse-Cassel |
Iustitia et Concordia | Justice and harmony | Zurich |
Iustitia et Mansuetudine | By justice and mildness | Bavaria, Cologne |
Iustitia Regnorum Fundamentum | Justice is the foundation of kingdoms | Austria |
Iustitia Thronum Firmat | Justice strengthens the throne | England, Charles I |
Iustus Non Derelinquitur | The just person is not deserted | Brandenburg-Calenberg |
Iustus Ut Palma Florebit | The just will flourish like the palm | Portugal |
L Mun Planco Rauracorum Illustratori Vetustis- simo | To L Municius Plancus the most ancient and celebrated of the Rauraci | Basle |
Landgrin Cleggov Com in Sulz Dux Crum | Landgrave of Klettgau, count of Sulz, duke of Krumlau | Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen |
Latina Emeri Munita Latin money of Merida | Suevi | |
Lege et Fide | By law and faith | Austria |
Lex Tua Veritas | Thy law is the truth | Tuscany |
Liberta Eguaglianza | Freedom and equality | Venice |
Libertad en la Ley | Freedom within the law | Mexico |
Libertas Carior Auro | Freedom is dearer than gold | St Gall |
Libertas Vita Carior | Freedom is dearer than life | Kulenberg |
Libertas Xpo Firmata | Freedom strengthened by Christ | Genoa |
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite | Liberty, equality, fraternity | France |
Lucerna Pedibus Meis Verbum Est | Thy word is a lamp unto mine feet | England, Edward Vl |
Lumen ad Revelationem Gentium | Light to enlighten the nations | Papacy |
L'Union Fait la Force | The union makes strength | Belgium |
Macula Non Est in Te | There is no sin in Thee | Essen |
Magnus ab Integro Saeculorum Nascitur Ordo | The great order of the centuries is born anew | Bavaria |
Mandavit Dominus Palatie hanc Monetam Fiert | The lord of the Palatine ordained this coin to be made | Balath |
Manibus Ne Laedar Avaris | Lest l be injured by greedy hands | Sweden |
Mar Bran Sac Rom Imp Arcam et Elec Sup Dux Siles | Margrave of Brandenburg, archchamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire and elector, senior duke of Silesia | Prussia |
Maria Mater Domini Xpi | Mary mother of Christ the Lord | Teutonic Knights |
Maria Unxit Pedes Xpisti | Mary washes the feet of Christ | France, Rene d'Anjou |
Mater Castrorum | Mother of fortresses | Rome, Marcus Aurelius |
Matrimonio Conjuncti | Joined in wedlock | Austria |
Me Coniunctio Servat Dum Scinditur Frangor | The relationship serves me while I am being torn to pieces | Lowenstein-Wertheim |
Mediolani Dux | Duke of Milan | Milan |
Mediolani et Man | Duke of Mantua and Milan | Milan |
Memor Ero Tui lustina Virgo | I shall remember you, o maiden Justina | Venice |
Merces Laborum | Wages of work | Wurzburg |
Mirabilia Fecit | He wrought marvels | Viking coinage |
Misericordia Di Rex | King by the mercy of God | France, Louis lI |
Mo Arg Ord Foe Belg D Gel & CZ | Silver coin of the order of the Belgian Federation, duchy of Guelderland, county of Zutphen | Guelderland |
Moneta Abbatis | Coin of the abbey | German ecclesiastical coins, 13th-14th centuries |
Moneta Argentiae Ord Foed Belgii Holl | Silver coin of the federated union of Belgium and Holland | Batavian Republic |
Mo No Arg Con Foe Belg Pro Hol | New silver coin of the Belgian Federation, province of Holland | Holland |
Mo No Arg Pro Confoe Belg Trai Holl | New silver coin of the confederated Belgian provinces, Utrecht and Holland | Batavian Republic |
Mon Lib Reip Bremens | Coin of the free state of Bremen | Bremen |
Mon Nova Arg Duc Curl Ad Norma Tal Alb | New silver coin of the duchy of Courland, according to the standard of the Albert thaler | Courland |
Mon Nov Castri Imp | New coin of the Imperial free city of... | Friedberg |
Moneta Bipont | Coin of Zweibrucken | Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Zweibrucken |
Monet Capit Cathedr Fuld Sede Vacante | Coin of the cathedral chapter of Fulda, the see being vacant | Fulda |
Moneta in Obsidione Tomacensi Cusa | Coin struck during the siege of Tournai | Tournai, 1709 |
Moneta Livosesthonica | Coin of Livonia | Estonia |
Moneta Nov Arg Regis Daniae | New silver coin of the king of Denmark | Denmark |
Moneta Nova Ad Norman Conventionis | New coin according to the Convention standard | Orsini-Rosenberg |
Moneta Nova Domini Imperatoris | New coin of the lord emperor | Brunswick, 13th century |
Moneta Nova Lubecensis | New coin of Lubeck. | |
Moneta Nova Reipublicae Halae Suevicae | New coin ot the republic of Hall in Swabia. | |
Moneta Reipublicae Ratisbonensis | Coin of the republic of Regensburg. | |
Nach Alt Reichs Schrot und Korn | According to the old empire's grits and grain | Hesse |
Nach dem Conventions Fusse | According to the Convention's basis | German Conventionsthalers |
Nach dem Frankf Schlus | According to the Frankfurt standard | Solms |
Nach dem Schlus der V Staend | According to the standard of the union | Hesse |
Navigare Necesse Est | It is necessary to navigate | Germany |
Nec Aspera Terrent | Nor do difficulties terrify | Brunswick |
Nec Cito Nec Temere | Neither hastily nor rashlly | Cambrai |
Nec Numina Desunt | Nor is the divine will absent | Savoy |
Nec Temere Nec Timide | Neither rashly nor timidly | Danzig, Lippe |
Necessitas Legem Non Habet | Necessity has no law | Magdeburg |
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit | No one touches me with impunity | UK, Scottish pound edge inscription |
Nihil Restat Reliqui | No relic remains | Ypres |
Nil Ultra Aras | Nothing beyond the rocks | Franque- mont |
No Nobis Dne Sed Noi Tuo Da Gloriam | Not to us, o Lord but to Thy name be glory given | France, Francis I |
Nobilissimum Dom Ac Com in Lipp & St | Most noble lord and count in Lippe and Sternberg | Schaumburg-Lippe |
Nomen Domini Turris Fortissima | The name of the Lord is the strongest tower | Frankfurt |
Non Aes Sed Fides | Not bronze but trust | Malta |
Non Est lortale Quod Opto | What I desire is not mortal | Mecklenburg |
Non,lihi Sed Populo | Not to me but to the people | Bavaria |
Non Relinquam Vos Orphanos | I shall not leave you as orphans | Papacy |
Non Surrexit Major | None greater has arisen | Genoa, Malta |
Nullum Simulatum Diuturnum Tandem | Nothing that is feigned lasts long | Wittgenstein |
Nummorum Famulus | The servant of the coinage | England, tin halfpence and farthings |
Nunquam Retrorsum | Never backwards | Brunswick-Wolfenbuttei |
O Crux Ave Spes Unica | Hail, o Cross, our only hope | England half-angels, France Rene d'Anjou |
O Maria Ora Pro Me | O Mary pray for me | Bavaria |
Ob Cives Senatos | On account of the rescued citizens | Rome, Augustus |
Oculi Domini Super lustos | The eyes of the Lord look down on the just | Neuchatel |
Omnia Auxiliante Maria | Mary helping everything | Schwyz |
Omnia Cum Deo | Everything with God | Reuss-Greiz |
Omnia cum Deo et Nihil Sine Eo | Everthing with God and nothing without Him | Erbach |
Omnis Potestas a Deo Est | All power comes from God | Sweden |
Opp & Carn Dux Comm Rittb SCI Cons Int & Compi Mareschal | Duke of Troppau and Carniola, count of Rietberg, privy counciilor ot his sacred imperial majesty, field marshal | Liechtenstein |
Opp & Carn... Aur Velleris Eques | Duke of Troppau... knight of the Golden Fleece | Liechtenstein |
Opportune | Conveniently | Savoy |
Optimus Princeps | Best prince | Rome, Trajan |
Opulentia Salerno | Wealthy Salerno | Siculo-Norman kingdom |
Pace et lustitia | With peace and justice | Spanish Netherlands |
Pacator Orbis | Pacifier of the world | Rome, Aurelian |
Palma Sub Pondere Crescit | The palm grows under its weight | Waldeck |
Pater Noster | Our Father | Flanders, 14th century |
Pater Patriae | Father of his country | Rome, Caligula |
Patria Si Dreptul Meu | The country and my right | Roumania |
Patrimon Henr Frid Sorte Divisum | The heritage of Heinrich Friedrich divided by lot | Hohenlohe-Langenberg |
Patrimonia Beati Petri | The inheritance of the blessed Peter | Papacy |
Patrona Franconiae | Patron of Franconia | Wurzburg |
Pax Aeterna | Eternal peace | Rome, Marcus Aurelius |
Pax et Abundantia | Peace and plenty | Burgundy, Gelderland |
Pax Missa Per Orbem | Peace sent throughout the world | England, Anne |
Pax Petrus | Peace Peter | Trier, 10th century |
Pax Praevalet Armis | May peace prevail by force of arrns | Mainz |
Pax Quaeritur Bello | Peace is sought by war | Commonwealth, Cromwell |
Pecunia Totum Circumit Orbem | Money goes round the whole world | Brazil |
Per Aspera Ad Astra | Through difficulties to the stars | Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Per Angusta ad Augusta | Through precarious times to the majestic | Solrns-Roedelheim, a pun on the name of the ruler Johan August |
Per Crucem Tuam Salva Nos Christe Redemptor | By Thy cross save us, O Christ our Redeemer | England, angels |
Per Crucem Tuam Salva Nos Xpe Redemt | By Thy cross save us, O Christ our Redeemer | Portugal, 15th century |
Perdam Babillonis Nomen | May the name of Babylon perish | Naples |
Perennitati lustissimi Regis | For the duration of the most just king | France, Louis Xlll |
Perennitati Principis Galliae Restitutionis | For the duration of the restoration of the prince of the Gauls | France, Henri IV |
Perfer et Obdura Bruxella | Carry on and stick it out, Brussels | Brussels siege, 1579-80 |
Perpetuus in Nemet Vivar ] | Hereditary count in Nemt-Ujvar | Batthanyi |
Pietate et Constantia | By piety and constancy | Fulda |
Pietate et Iustitia | By piety and justice | Denmark |
Plebei Urbanae Frumento Constituto | Free distribution of grain to the urban working-class established | Rome, Nerva |
Pleidio Wyf l'm Gwlad | True am l to my country | UK, Welsh one pound edge inscription |
Plus Ultra | Beyond (the Pillars of Hercules) | Spanish America |
Point du Couronne sans Peine | Point of the crown without penalty | Coburg |
Pons Civit Castellana | The bridge of the town of Castellana | Papacy |
Populus et Senatus Bonon | The people and senate of Bologna | Bologna |
Post Mortem Patris Pro Filio | For the son after his father's death | Pontefract siege coins |
Post Tenebras Lux | After darkness light | Geneva |
Post Tenebras Spero Lucem | After darkness l hope for light | Geneva |
Posui Deum Adiutorem Meum | I have made God my helper | England, Ireland, 1351-1603 |
Praesidium et Decus | Protection and ornament | Bologna |
Prima Sedes Galliarum | First see of the Gauls | Lyon |
Primitiae Fodin Kuttenb ab Aerari Iterum Susceptarum | First results dug from the Kuttenberg mines in a renewed undertaking | Austria |
Princps luventutis | Prince of youth | Roman Empire |
Pro Defensione Urbis et Patriae | For the defence of city and country | France, Louis XIV |
Pro Deo et Patria | For God and the fatherland | Fulda |
Pro Deo et Populo | For God and the people | Bavaria |
Pro Ecclesia et Pro Patria | For the church and the fatherland | Constance |
Pro Fausio PP Reitur VS | For happy retums of the princes of the Two Sicilies | Naples and Sicily |
Pro Lege et Grege | For law and the flock | Fulda |
Pro maximo Dei Gloria et Bono Publico | For the greatest glory of God and the good of the people | Wurttemberg |
Pro Patria | For the fatherland | Wurzburg |
Propitio Deo Secura Ago | With God's favour I lead a secure life | Saxe-Lauenburg |
Protector Literis Literae Nummis Corona et Salus | A protection to the letters (on the face of the coin), the letters (on the edge) are a garland and a safeguard to the coinage | Commonwealth, Cromwell broad |
Protege Virgo Pisas | Protect Pisa, O Virgin | Pisa |
Provide et Constanter | Wisely and firmly | Wurttemberg |
Providentia et Pactis | Through foresight and pacts | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Providentia Optimi Principis | With the foresight of the best prince | Naples and Sicily |
Proxima Fisica Finis | Nearest to natural end | Orciano |
Proxima Soli | Nearest to the sun | Modena |
Pulcra Virtutis Imago | The beautiful image of virtue | Genoa |
Pupillum et Viduam Suscipiat | May he support the orphan and the widow | Savoy |
Quae Deus Conjunxit Nemo Separet | What God hath joined let no man put asunder | England, James I |
Quem Quadragesies et Semel Patriae Natum Esse Gratulamur | Whom we congratulate for the forty-first time for being born for the fatherland | Lippe-Detmold |
Qui Dat Pauperi Non Indigebit | Who gives to the poor will never be in need | Munster |
Quid Non Cogit Necessitas | To what does Necessity not drive | Ypres |
Quin Matrimonii Lustrum Celebrant | They celebrate their silver wedding | Austria, 1879 |
Quocunque Gesseris Jeceris Stabit | Whichever way you throw it it will stand | Isle of Man |
Quod Deus Vult Hoc Semper Fit | What God wishes always occurs | Saxe-Weimar |
Reconduntur non Retonduntur | They are laid up in store, not thundered back | Savoy |
Recta Tueri | Defend the right | Austria |
Recte Constanter et Fortiter | Rightly, constantly and bravely | Bavaria |
Recte Faciendo Neminem Timeas | May you fear no one in doing right | Solms-Laubach |
Rector Orbis | Ruler of the world | Rome, Didius Julianus |
Rectus et Immotus | Right and immovable | Hesse |
Redde Cuique Quod Suum Est | Render to each that which is his own | England, Henry Vlll |
Redeunt antiqui Gaudia Moris | There return the joys of ancient custom | Regensburg |
Reg Pr Pol et Lith Saxon Dux | Royal prince of Poland and Lithuania and duke of Saxony | Trier |
Regia Boruss Societas Asiat Embdae | Royal Prussian Asiatic Society of Emden | Prussia |
Regier Mich Her Nach Deinen Wort | Govern me here according to Thy word | Palatinate |
Regnans Capitulum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Ratisbonensis Sede Vacante | Administering the chapter of the cathedral church at Regensburg, the see being vacant | Regensburg |
Regni Utr Sic et Hier | Of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies and of Jerusalem | Naples and Sicily |
Religio Protestantium Leges Angliae Libertas Parliamenti | The religion of the Protestants, the laws of England and the freedom of Parliament | England, Royalists, 1642 |
Relinquo Vos Liberos ab Utroque Homine | I leave you as children of each man | San Marino |
Restauracao da Independencia | Restoration of independence | Portugal, 1990 |
Restitutor Exercitus | Restorer of the army | Rome, Aurelian |
Restitutor Galliarum | Restorer of the Gauls | Rome, Gallienus |
Restitutor Generis Humani | Restorer of mankind | Rome, Valerian |
Restitutor Libertatis | Restorer of freedom | Rome, Constantine |
Restitutor Orbis | Restorer of the world | Rome, Valerian |
Restitutor Orientis | Restorer of the east | Rome, Valerian |
Restitutor Saeculi | Restorer of the century | Rome, Valerian |
Restitutor Urbis | Restorer of the city | Rome,Severus |
Ros- Americana Utile Dulci | The American rose, useful and sweet | American colonies |
Rosa Sine Spina | A rose without a thorn | England, Tudor coins |
Rutilans Rosa Sine Spina | A dazzling rose without a thorn | England, Tudor gold coins |
S Annae Fundgruben Ausb Tha in N Oe | Mining thaler of the St Anne mine in Lower Austria | Austria |
S Ap S Leg Nat Germ Primas | Legate of the Holy Apostolic See, born Primate of Germany | Salzburg |
S Carolus Magnus Fundator | Charlemagne founder | Munster |
S. Gertrudis Virgo Prudens Niviella | St Gertrude the wise virgin of Nivelles | Nivelles |
SI Aul Reg Her & P Ge H Post Mag | General hereditary postmaster, supreme of the imperial court of the hereditary kingdom and provinces | Paar |
S. Ian Bapt F. Zachari | St John the Baptist, son of Zachary | Florence |
S. Kilianus Cum Sociis Francorum Apostoli | St Kilian and his companions, apostles to the Franks | Wunburg |
S. Lambertus Patronus Leodiensis | St Lambert, patron of Liege | Liege |
Sac Nupt Celeb Berol | For the holy matrimony celebrated at Berlin | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Sac Rom Imp | Holy Roman Empire | German states |
Sac Rom Imp Provisor Iterum | Administrator of the Holy Roman Empire for the second time | Saxony |
Salus Generis Humani | Safety of mankind | Rome, Vindex |
Salus Patriae | Safety of the fatherland | Italy |
Salus Populi | The safety of the people | Spain |
Salus Provinciarum | Safety of the provinces | Rome, Postumus |
Salus Publica Salus Mea | Public safety is my safety | Sweden |
Salus Reipublicae | The safety of the republic | Rome, Theodosius Il |
Salus Reipublicae Suprema Lex | The safety of the republic is the supreme law | Poland |
Salvam Fac Rempublicam Tuam | Make your state safe | San Marino |
Sanctus Iohannes Innoce | St John the harmless | Gandersheim |
Sans Changer | Without changing | Isle of Man |
Sans Eclat | Without pomp | Bouchain siege, 1711 |
Sapiente Diffidentia | Wise distrust | Teschen |
Scutum Fidei Proteget Eum/Eam | The shield of faith | shall protect him/her | England, Edward Vl and I Elizabeth I |
Secundum Voluntatem Tuam Domine | Your favourable will o Lord | Hesse |
Securitati Publicae | For the public safety | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Sede Vacante | The see being vacant | Papal states, Vatican and ecclesiastical coinage |
Sena Vetus Alpha et W Principum et Finis | Old Siena alpha and omega, the beginning and the end | Siena |
Senatus Populus QR | Senate and people of Rome | Rome, 1188 |
Si Deus Nobis cum Quis Contra Nos | If God is with us who can oppose us | Hesse |
Si Deus Pro Nobis Quis Contra Nos | If God is for us who can oppose us | Roemhild |
Sieh Deine Seeligkeit Steht Fest Ins Vaters Liebe | Behold thy salvation stands surely in thy Father's love | Gotha |
Signis Receptis | When the standards had been recovered | Rome, Augustus |
Signum Crucis | The sign of the cross | Groningen |
Sincere et Constanter | Truthfully and steadfastly | Hesse-Darmstadt |
Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum | Blessed be the name of the Lord | Burgundy, Strasbourg |
St T X Adiuto Reg Iste Domba | Let it be to you, o Christ, the assistant to the king of Dombes | Dombes |
Sit Tibi Xpe Dat q'tu Regis Iste Ducat | May this duchy which Thou rulest be given to Thee, O Christ | Venice, ducat |
Sit Unio Haec Perennis | May this union last for ever | Hohenlohe-Langenberg |
Sola Bona Quae Honesta | The only good things are those which are honest | Brunswick |
Sola Facta Deu Sequor | Through deeds alone I strive to follow God | Milan |
Soli Deo Honor et Gloria | To God alone be honour, and glory | Nassau |
Soli Reduci | To him, the only one restored | Naples and Sicily |
Solius Virtutis Flos Perpetuus | The flower of Virtue alone is perpetual | Strasbourg |
Spes Confisa Deo Nunquam Confusa Recedit | Hope' entrusted in God never retreats in a disorderly fashion | Lippe |
Spes Nr Deus | God is our hope | Oudenarde siege,1582 |
Spes Rei Publicae | The hope of the republic | Rome, Valens |
Strena ex Argyrocopeo Vallis S Christoph | A New Year's gift from the silver-bearing valley of St Christopher | Wurttemberg, 1625 |
Sub His Secura Spes Clupeus Omnibus in Te Sperantibus | Under these hope is safe, a shield for all who reside hope in Thee | Bavaria |
Sub Pondere | Under weight | Fulda |
Sub Protectione Caesarea | Under imperial protection | Soragna |
Sub Tuum Praesidium Confug | We flee to Thy protection | Salzburg |
Sub Umbra Alarum Tuarum | Under the shadow of Thy wings | lever, Scotland, James V |
Subditorum Salus Felicitas Summa | The safety of the subjects is the highest happiness | Lubeck |
Sufficit Mihi Gratia Tua Domine | Sufficient to me is Thy grace, o Lord | Ploen |
Supra Firmam Petram | Upon a firm rock | Papacy |
Susceptor Noster Deus | God is our defence | Tuscany |
Sydera Favent Industriae | The stars favour industry | Furstenberg |
Sylvarum Culturae Praemium | Prize for the culture of the forest | Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Tali Dicata Signo Mens Fluctuari Nequit | Consecrated by such a sign the mind cannot waver | England, Henry VIII George noble |
Tandem Bona Caus Triumphat | A good cause eventually triumphs | Dillenburg |
Tandem Fortuna Obstetrice | With good luck ultimately as the midwife | Wittgenstein |
Te Stante Virebo | With you at my side l shall be strong | Moravia |
Tene Mensuram et Respice Finem | Hold the measure and look to the end | Burgundy |
Tert Ducat Secular | Tercentenary of the duchy | Wurttemberg |
Thu Recht Schev Niemand | Go with right and fear no one (Saxe-Lauenburg | |
Tibi Laus et Gloria | To Thee be praise and glory | Venice |
Timor Domini Fons Vitae | The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life | England, Edward Vl shillings |
Tout Avec Dieu | Everything with God | Brunswick, 1626 |
Traiectum ad Mosam | The crossing of the Maas | Maastricht |
Transvolat Nubila Virtus | Marriageable virtue soon flies past | Grueyeres |
Travail, Famille, Patrie | Work, family, country | Vichy France |
Triumphator Gent Barb | Victor over the barbarian people | Byzantine Empire, Arcadius |
Tueatur Unita Deus | May God guard these united (Kingdoms) | England, James I; Britain, 1847 |
Turck Blegert Wien | Vienna besieged by the Turks | Vienna, 1531 |
Tut Mar Gab Pr Vid de Lobk Nat Pr Sab Car et Aug Pr de Lobk | Regency of Maria Gabriela, widow of the prince of Lobkowitz, born princess of Savoy-Carignan, and August prince of Lobkowitz | Lobkowitz |
Tutela Italiae | The guardianship of Italy | Rome, Nerva |
Ubi Vult Spirat | He breathes where he will | Papacy |
Ubique Pax | Peace everywhere | Rome, Gallienus |
Union et Force | Union and strength | France |
Urbe Obsessa The city under siege | Maastricht | |
Urbem Virgo Tuam Serva | Protects thy city o virgin (Mary) | Strasbourg |
USC & RAM Cons Int Gen C Mar & Nob Praet H Turmae Capit | Privy councillor of both their holy imperial and royal apostolic majesties, general field marshal and captain of the noble praetorian Hungarian squadrons | Eszterhazy |
Vculis Aulae Argenteis Patriae Indigenti Ministravit Auxilia | With the silver vessels of the court aid was brought to the needy fatherland | Eichstadt, 1796 |
Vehiculatione Italiae Remissa | Postal tax of Italy remitted | Rome, Nerva |
Veni Lumen Cordium | Come light of hearts | Vatican |
Veni Sancte Spiritus | Come Holy Ghost | Vatican |
Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum | The word of the Lord abides forever | Hesse-Darmstadt, Veldenz |
Veribs Lex Tua | The truth is your law | Salzburg |
Veritas Temporis Filia | Truth is the daughter of time | England and Ireland, Mary Tudor |
Veritate et Labore | By truth and work | Wittgenstein |
Veritate et lustitia | By truth and justice | German states |
Victoria Principum | The victory of princes | Ostrogoths |
Videant Pauperes et Laetentur | Let the poor see and rejoice | Tuscany |
Virgo Maria Protege Civitatem Savonae | Virgin Mary Protect the city of Savona | Savona |
Viribus Unitis | With united strength | Austria |
Virtute et Fidelitate | By virtue and faithfulness | Hesse-Cassel |
Virtute et Prudentia | With virtue and prudence | Auersperg |
Virtute Viam Dimetiar | I shall mark the way with valour | Waldeck |
Virtutis Gloria Merces | Glory is the reward of valour | Holstein-Gottorp |
Vis Unita Concordia Fratrum Fortior | United power is the stronger harmony of brothers | Mansfeld |
Visitavit Nos Oriens ex Alto | He has visited us arising on high | Luneburg |
Vivit Post Funera | He lives after death | Bremen |
Von Gottes Gn lohan Bischof Zu Strasburg Landtgraf in Elsass | By God's grace John, Bishop of Strasbourg, Landgrave in Alsace | Strasbourg |
Vota Optata Romae Fel | Vows taken for the luck of Rome | Rome, Maxentius |
Vox de Throno | A voice from the throne | Papacy |
Was Got Beschert Bleibet Unerwert | What God hath endowed leave undisturbed | |
Wider macht und List Mein Fels Gott Ist | Against might and trickery God is my rock | Hesse-Cassel |
Xpc Vincit Xpc Regnat | Christ conquers, Christ reigns | Scotland, Spain |
Xpc Vivet Xpc Regnat Xpc Impat | Christ lives, Christ reigns, Christ commands | Cambrai |
Xpe Resurescit | Christ lives again | Venice |
Xpistiana Religio | Christian religion | Carolingian Empue |
Xps Ihs Elegit me Regem Populo | Jesus Christ chose me as king to the people | Norway |
Zelator Fidei Usque ad Montem | An upholder of the faith through and through | Portugal |
Zu Gott Allein Mein Hoffnung | To God alone my hope | Mansfeld |
Zum Besten des Vaterlands | To the best of the fatherland | Bamberg |