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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV as a child (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Neptune standing (centre), a trident in his left hand, his right hand crowning France, reclining, helmeted (left), leaning on a shield emblazoned with the three fleur-de-lis; Neptune's sea-car drawn by two horses (right). Legend: 'OMEN IMPERII MARITIMI.' (An augury of a maritime empire.) Exergue: 'HISPANIS VICTIS AD CARTHAGINEM NOVAM . IV SEPTEMBRIS . M . DC . XLIII.' (The Spanish defeated at New Carthage, 4 September 1643.) The artist Rog was employed to recut damaged dies of the period of Louis XIV.
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals M. Rog Louis XIV King of France J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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