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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Head of Louis XIV, facing right. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTANISS'. Reverse: Victory on a column adorned with naval trophies rising out of a galley. Legend: 'DEVICTA . HOSTIVM . CLASSE . DVCE . INTEREMPTO*'. Exergue: 'AD . AVGUSTAM . SICILIAE M . DC . LXXVI'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1145 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Meybusch, Anton |
| Events: | Franco-Dutch War: Defeat of the Dutch-Spanish fleet off Augusta, 1676 |
| Date made: | 22 Apr 1676 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 34 mm |