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jeton de marine
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a jeton de marine. Obverse: Bust of Jean Marie de Bourbon. Legend: 'L . J . M . DE BOURBON D . DE PENTHIEVRE AMIRAL DE FR'. Reverse: Thetis reclining nude on a rocky shore near a stormy sea. Legend: 'DUM PELAGO DESAEVIT HIEMS' (while the winter storms abate on the sea). Below: 'MARINE 1744'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1203 |
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| Type: | Cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | War of the Austrian Succession: Battle off Toulon, 1744 |
| Date made: | 1743-4 |
| People: | Bourbon, Louis Jean Marie de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 3 mm x 28 mm |
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