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Description: | Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France as Minerva, a spear in her right hand, holding a shield over Holland, who points to an altar between them, her lion reposing (right), a distant landscape (left). Legend: 'RELIGIO FOEDERUM.' (Treaties religiously kept.) Exergue: 'BATAVIS TERRA MARIQ . DEFENSIS . M . DC . LXVI .' (The Dutch defended by land and sea, 1666.)
caption: Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals 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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