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

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: Map of the western hemisphere. 'TROPI CANC. LINEA AEQUIN TROPI CAPRICO' marked on it. Legend: 'GENTES SERVIENT . EI . DONEC . VENIAT . TEMPUS QUO . EAEDEM [sic] AB . IPSO . SERVITUTEM . EXIGENT' (Jer.27 v.7). Reverse: Field divided equally; a plan of the naval action above, inscription below. Legend: 'FILIA . BABIL . QUASI . AREA . CALCABITUR . AB . AQUILONE . TEMPORE . MESSIS . EIUS' (Jer.51 v.33, 48). Inscription: 'VI . ID . SEPT. CIC IC . CXXVIII . AUSPIC . FOED . REGIM . BELG . SOCIET . IND . OCCID . DUCTU . P . P . HEYNI . POTITA . EST . IN . ET . SUB . MATANZA . SINU . CUBA . INS . REGIA . CLASSE ARGENTEA . REGNI . NOVAE . HISP' (a short account of the capture of the silver fleet).

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Object Details

ID:	MEC0027
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	Medal
Display location:	Display - QH
Creator:	Unknown
Places:	Netherlands
Events:	Eighty Years' War: Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628
Date made:	1628
People:	Hein, Piet Pieterzoon
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 65 mm