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Description: | Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Catania, 1676. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Winged Victory standing on a column erected on a galley adorned with trophies. Legend: 'DEVICTA . HOSTIUM . CLASSE . DUCE . INTEREMPTO.' (The enemy's fleets defeated and their leader killed.) Exergue: 'AD . AUGUSTAM . SICILIAE M . DC . LXXVI' (At Augusta in Sicily 1676.)
caption: Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Catania, 1676; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Catania, 1676; 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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