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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Louis XIV in armour facing right. Legend: 'LVD . MAGNVS . FRANCORVM . REX . PIVS . FELIX . AVG . P . P.' Reverse: Naval engagement. Legend: 'IMPERIVM MARIS ASSERTVM'. Exergue: 'ANG . BAT . Q. VNA . DEV . AD . BEVES . D . X . IVL . MDCLXXXX'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1151 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Action off Beachy Head, 1690 |
| Date made: | 30 June 1690 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 50 mm |