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Description: | Medal commemorating the Tripoli pirates defeated at Chios, 1681. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A winged Victory in a helmet, a beflagged spear in her right hand and a palm branch in her left, standing in front of an antique galley, a shield (left), a pirate, prostrated, at her feet (right). Legend: 'DE PIRATIS TURCA SPECTANTE.' (Defeat of pirates in the presence of the Turkish fleet.) Exergue: 'AD INS . CHIO . M . DC . LXXXI .' (At the Island of Chios, 1681.)
caption: Medal commemorating the Tripoli pirates defeated at Chios, 1681; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Tripoli pirates defeated at Chios, 1681; 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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