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Description: | Medal commemorating the recapture of Cayenne, 1676. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Similar to preceding, but from a slightly different die. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Neptune sitting in his four-horsed chariot with the French flag in his left hand, brandishing his trident over a fortress on the island. Legend: 'BATAVIS CAESIS.' (The Dutch defeated.) Exergue: 'CAYANA RECUPERATA . M . DC . LXXVI .' (Cayenne recaptured, 1676.)
caption: Medal commemorating the recapture of Cayenne, 1676; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the recapture of Cayenne, 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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