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Description: | Medal commemorating the Spanish defeated at Messina, 1675. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Similar to preceding but the curl larger. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Victory in flight holding a wreath and a sheaf of corn in either hand approaching Messina; view of the town and bay below with ships. Legend: 'ALIMENTA MESSANAE.' (The revictualling of Messina.) Exergue: 'HISPAN AD FRETUM SICVL . DEVICTIS . M . DC . LXXV .' (The defeat of the Spaniards in the straits of Sicily, 1675.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Spanish defeated at Messina, 1675; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Spanish defeated at Messina, 1675; 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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