An image showing 'Medal commemorating Admiral Heyn and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628; obverse'

An image showing 'Medal commemorating Admiral Heyn and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628; reverse'

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Medal commemorating Admiral Hein and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628

Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Hein (1578-1629) and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Heyn in armour, lace ruff and chain (three-quarter right). Legend: 'PET : PETRI . HEINIVS . FOED : BELG : ORD : ARCHITHALASS' (Peter Peterson Hein, Admiral of the United Provinces). Reverse: View of the naval action. Legend: 'HEINIAD NVP[ER] SENSIT SPOLIATA MATANCA' (Matanzas, plundered lately, felt the might of the race of Heyn). Exergue: '1628'.

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Object details

ID:	MEC0026
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	Medal
Display location:	Display - QH
Creator:	Unknown
Events:	Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628
Date made:	1628
Exhibition:	The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
People:	Hein, Piet Pieterzoon
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 59 mm