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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of towns in Castile. Obverse: Youthful head of King Louis XIV with long hair (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISS.' Reverse: A trophy of antique armour surmounted by two crowns. Legend: 'CADAQUESIUM ET CASTILLIO CAPTAE.' (Cadaques and Castillio captured.) Exergue: 'AD . ORAM . CATALONIAE . MARITIMAM . M . DC . LV .' (On the sea coast of Catalonia 1655.)
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of towns in Castile; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of towns in Castile; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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