What do the words mean around the 1911+ gold soverigns?

GoldCoinLover

I have a 1913 british gold soverign. Made in london I think, (It has no mintmark). On the side with george's head it has a bunch of letters with : inbetween them. I always wondered what these meant, british speak english right?


Edited to Add:
Sorry if I sound stupid, this is a real new hobby for me so please forgive me .

Thanks

Donovan

It's Latin.

George V (5th), Dei Gratia (By the Grace of God) Britt (British) Omn (Oman) Rex (King) Fidelus Def (Defender of the Faith) Ind Imp (Emperor of India)

wybrit

Georgius V Dei Gratia, Britanniarum Omn Rex, Fidei Defensor, Indae Imperator

George the fifth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

wybrit

As a footnote,

Indae Imperator was dropped from the monarch's title in 1949 as India had become a sovereign nation.

Britanniarum Omn was dropped in 1954 as the British empire had been whittled away.

Donovan

<< <i>Georgius V Dei Gratia, Britanniarum Omn Rex, Fidei Defensor, Indae Imperator

George the fifth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India >>



Cool. I didn't think I had the Latin quite right just from memory.

SYRACUSIAN

Is that why you translated Omn as Oman? What is Oman anyway?

satootoko

<< <i>What is Oman anyway? >>

A sultanate in the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, pop. 1.3-million and an active issuer of NCLT proofs.

It's been 54 years since I was studying Latin in high school, but I think OMN is short for "Omni", meaning total or all.

trozau

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