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Description: | Counter commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1697. Obverse: Short bust of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX.' Reverse: A trident, palm and laurel branch within a crown, the whole rising out of the sea; Cartagena (right) and a fleet (left) bombarding it. Legend: 'OMEN IMPERII MARITIMI.' (An augury of a maritime empire.) As in preceding, this probably commemorates the second capture of Cartagena. The first was in 1643.
caption: Counter commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1697; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1697; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Nilis J. Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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