Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Inscription: 'NATVRAM . PALAGVS . MVTAT . QVANDO . ARIDA . PRAEBET . CLAVSTRA . RATI . QVAM . MOX . THETYOS . VNDA . LEVAT . ECCE . LACVM . SICCVM . NVNC . HVMIDA . CERNE . THEATRA . DVM . IVBET . AVGVSTVS . VVLT . MARE . FRAENA . PATI . A . D . XXVI . MAI . MDCCXXXIX.' (The sea changes its nature, when it provides a dry dock for the vessel and Thetys's wave soon lifts it up. See now a dry lake and a watery stage. While Augustus commands, the sea consents to be bridled.) Reverse: The dry dock at Copenhagen with a ship in it. Legend: 'CLAVSTRVM NAVALE AB AVGVSTISSIMO MONARCHA CHRISTIANO VI.HAVIAE ADORNATVM' (Naval dock equipped by the most august monarch Christian VI at Copenhagen). Exergue: 'A . D . XXVI . MAI . MDCCXXXIX.'
Object Details
| ID: | SEC1400 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Copenhagen |
| Date made: | 26 May 1739 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 55 mm |
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