House Martell Copper Star

This Copper star is from the land of Dorne, in the southern part of Westeros. It is undated, but was minted about two hundred years after Aegon I Targaryen tried to conquer all the kingdoms of Westeros under one ruler, with Dorne his only defeat. The house motto, UNBOWED, UNBENT, UNBROKEN, signifies their immense pride in being the only one of the kingdoms to join the alliance by diplomacy and marriage, rather than conquest. This piece has been struck on an unrimmed planchet of 9 grams of .999 pure copper, about 25 mm in diameter. It features a typical Dornish ship used in coastal trade and warfare on the reverse, and the Sun and Spear of the house sigil above the Red Mountains of Dorne on the obverse.