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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV as a child (right). Legend: 'LUD . XIIII . FR . ET NAV . REX CHRISTIANISS.' (Louis XIV, most Christian king of France and Navarre). Reverse: A trident within a crown decorated with palm and laurel rising out of the sea, Cartagena (right) and fleet (left) bombarding it. Legend: 'OMEN IMPERII MARITIMI.' (An augury of a maritime empire). Exergue: 'HISPANIS VICTIS AD CARTHAGINEM NOVAM M. DC . XLIII' (The Spanish defeated at New Carthage, 1643.)
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 Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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