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Medal commemorating the Peace of Amiens, 1801
Medal commemorating the Peace of Amiens, 1801. Obverse: Peace with a cornucopia at her feet, holding scales and an olive branch, seated on a cloud; a cherub with a club, capped, in his left hand, standing at an altar below; Neptune in a car (left) and ships in the distance. Legend: 'SIC POTENTI JUSTITIAE PLACITVMQVE PARCIS.' Exergue: 'PAX TERRA MARIQVE AMBIAN FACTA XXV . XXVII . MART . MDCCCII.' Reverse: Inscription, 'AVSPICE DEO O . M. VNIVS HEROIS VIRTVTE ET CONSIL . VICTORIBVS GALLIS, POST INNVMERA, AD RHENVM, DANVBIVM, PADVM, TIBERIM, PRAELIA, EVROPAE OPTATAM NIMIS DIV PACEM REDDIDIT, EFFRENEM LICENTIAM DOMVIT, JVSTAM LIBERT . STABILIVIT . RELIGIONI DECVS RESTITVIT.' Inscription relates how after innumerable battles on the Rhine, Danube, Po and Tiber the long-desired peace had been restored to Europe, licence curbed, liberties and religion re-established.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0260 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Holtzhey, Johann Georg |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Treaty of Amiens, 1802 |
| Date made: | 1802 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 44 mm |
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