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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS . MAGNUS . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMUS .' Reverse: Victory, winged, thunderbolts in her right hand and a palm in her left, standing on an antique galley. Legend: 'INCENSA . BATAVORUM . CLASSE .' (The Dutch fleet burnt.) Exergue: 'AD INS[ULAM] . TABAGO . M . DC . LXXVII.' (At the Island of Tobago, 1677.)
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677; 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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