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An image showing 'Counter commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690'
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Counter commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690

Counter commemorating the action off Beachy Head, 1690. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), slightly draped (right). Legend: 'L . ALEX . DE . BOVRBON . C . DE . TOVLOVSE . ADMRAL . DE . FCE .' Reverse: Neptune with raised trident driving his two-horsed car; cherub heads above blowing a favourable wind. Legend: 'FRANGIT . TVMIDOS . STERNITQVE . REBELLES.' (He breaks the arrogant and lays low the rebels.) Exergue: '. 1691 .'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0601
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: France
Events: Nine Years' War: Action off Beachy Head, 1690
Date made: 1691
People: Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 28 mm