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Medal commemorating the flourishing Navy
Medal commemorating the flourishing navy. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France, crowned, seated in her sea-car (left), a trident in her right hand, driving Neptune's horses. Legend: 'SPLENDOR REI NAVALIS.' (The glory of the Navy.) Exergue: 'M . DC . XCIII.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0758 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Places: | France |
| Date made: | 1693 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France; French Navy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |