playing card

Playing card, printed in colour on thin card with a red and white chequered pattern on the reverse. This card is possibly the Knight of Cups, and depicts a man on horseback, with a cup in the top left-hand corner. The number 11 is marked in the top left and bottom right corners, adn there is an inscription along the bottom that reads 'AHI VÁ'.

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