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Below
and around the crown are four circular decorative panels.These are two pairs
of emblems. The first and third panels depict the front and back of King George
II’s great seal deputed forSouth Carolina. On front of panel 1 stands the King
in coronation robes, with crown, orb, and scepter, receiving a curtsy from a
woman. She is barefoot and wears a
loose gown. Upon her head sits a symbolic crown in the form of the turreted
walls of a town. The lady’s left breast is bare. On a ribbon beneath is the province’s motto, taken from Virgil’s Aeneid: PROPIUS RES ADSPICE NOSTRAS- Look
more closely upon our affairs.
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