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Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693

Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A winged Victory with thunderbolts in her right hand standing upon a sinking antique merchant vessel, the pillars of Hercules on either side. Legend: 'COMMERCIA HOSTIBUS INTERCLUSA.' Exergue: 'NAVIBUS CAPT . AUT INCENS . AD FRETUM GADITAN . M . DC . XCIII.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0757
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Events: Nine Years' War: Battle of Lagos, 1693
Date made: 1693
People: King Louis XIV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm