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The digraph FH was used in early Etruscan inscriptions to represent [f], though it was later replaced by a new sign, looking like the number 𐌚. (Wiki has some more information on this.)
As far as I know, FH is not known to have been used in Latin anywhere other than in the Praeneste fibula. Its use for [f] on the fibula (which has sometimes been thought to ...
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It could be "dono" which would mean "by gift"
Donum fed into most Romance languages, and would make sense to be placed here to show the king helped out of generosity
Templum hoc r[e]novatum
est [l]ateribus denuo et integre
regnante serenissimo dono do[mi]no
principe Georgio Rakoci
Anno do[mini] 1640
This temple was fully rebuilt with bricks
By gift of the ...
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With some help from this description, which contains a few errors, here's what I think it says:
Templum hoc r[e]novatum
est [l]ateribus denuo et integre
regnante serenissimo do[mi]no do[mi]no
principe Georgio Rakoci
Anno do[mini] 1640
My translation:
This temple [i.e. church] was completely and newly renovated with bricks during the reign of ...
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