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Description: | Counter commemorating the Battle of Minorca, 1756. Obverse: Youthful bust of Admiral Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthi�vre (1725-1793) (right). Legend: 'L . J . M . DE BOURBON D . DE PANTHIEVRE AMIRAL DE FR.' Reverse: A lioness fighting two tigers who have seized her two cubs. Legend: 'RAPTORIBUS INGRUIT ULTRIX.' (In vengeance she [i.e. the fleet] attacks the robbers.) Exergue: 'MARINE 1757'.
caption: Counter commemorating the Battle of Minorca, 1756; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the Battle of Minorca, 1756; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Duc J.C. de Penthi�vre Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon Roettier | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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