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Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666
Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France as Minerva, a spear in her right hand, holding a shield over Holland, who points to an altar between them, her lion reposing (right), a distant landscape (left). Legend: 'RELIGIO FOEDERUM.' (Treaties religiously kept.) Exergue: 'BATAVIS TERRA MARIQ . DEFENSIS . M . DC . LXVI .' (The Dutch defended by land and sea, 1666.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0729 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Alliance of Holland with France, 1666 |
| Date made: | 1666 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |