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Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667
Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: Head of King Charles II in a long wig, laureate (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX.' Reverse: Britannia with a spear in her right hand and her left resting on her shield, seated at the foot of a rock; a three-masted ship in foreground, others in distance, the sun shining above. Legend: 'FAVENTE DEO.' (God being propitious.) Exergue: 'BRITANNIA.' Inscription, on edge: 'CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITVTOR AVGVSTVS.' (Charles II, august restorer of peace and of the Empire.) The figure of Britannia shown here is a portrait of Frances Teresa Stuart, afterwards Duchess of Richmond.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0875 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Roettier, John |
| Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667; Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667 |
| Date made: | 1667 |
| People: | Roettier, John; King Charles II |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 56 mm |
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