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Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme

Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) as a child (right). Legend: 'LOVIS . COMTE . DE . VERMANDOIS . ADMIRAL . DE . FRAN.' Reverse: The crescent moon and clouds, the sea below with two ships (left and right). Legend: 'CRESCIT . ET . IMPERIVM.' (The empire too increases.) Exergue: '. MARINE . . 1672 .'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0588
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: France
Date made: 1672
People: Bourbon, Louis de; French Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 27 mm