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Counter commemorating fighting in the Levant
Counter commemorating fighting in the Levant. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX.' Reverse: A galley in harbour, pillars (left and right ); one entering, others outside. Legend: 'QVA . PELAGI . PATET . IMPERIVM.' (By the path by which the rule of the sea lies open.) Exergue: 'GALARES . . 1691 .'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0603 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Nilis, J. |
| Places: | France |
| Date made: | 1691 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 26 mm |