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Description: | Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693. 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 with thunderbolts in her right hand standing upon a sinking antique merchant vessel, the pillars of Hercules on either side. Legend: 'COMMERCIA HOSTIBUS INTERCLUSA.' Exergue: 'NAVIBUS CAPT . AUT INCENS . AD FRETUM GADITAN . M . DC . XCIII.'
caption: Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693; 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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