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Counter commemorating the Battle of Paros, 1651

Counter commemorating the Battle of Paros, 1651. Obverse: St Mark seated (left), handing the sacred flag to the Doge kneeling (right). Legend: 'S . M . VENET . FRANC . MOLINO . D.' Reverse: A fleet (left); above, the rays of the sun striking a mirror (right). Legend: 'SVPERO . FERVENTE . FOVENTE' (Fed by the flame of Heaven.) Exergue: 'ANNO . VI .'
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Object details

ID: MEC0503
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Semitecolo, Z. A.
Places: Italy
Events: Cretan War: Battle of Paros, 1651
Date made: 1651
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm