Medal commemorating armed neutrality at sea
Medal commemorating armed neutrality at sea. Obverse: Bust of Catharine II of Russia in a low dress and armour, with cloak, veil and coronet (right). Legend: 'CATHARINA MAGN . D . G . IMP . AVTOCR . RVSSOR.' Reverse: Neptune with trident upraised standing in a car on which are the shields of Russia, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. Left, Mercury, seated on an empty cornucopia, a seaman standing (right); shipping in distance, a star shining above. Legend: 'MARE LIBERVM'. Exergue: 'MDCCLXXX'.
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0248 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Holtzhey, Johann Georg |
Places: | Netherlands |
Date made: | 1780 |
People: | Tsarina Catherine II of Russia |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 48 mm |