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Description: | Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667.
Obverse: Bust of King Charles II in a long wig, laureate and mantle (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIBER . REX.' Reverse: Britannia with a spear in her right hand and her left resting on her shield, seated at the foot of a rock; a three-masted ship in foreground, others in distance, the sun shining above. Legend: 'FAVENTE DEO.' (God being propitious). Exergue: 'BRITANNIA.' Inscription, on edge: 'CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITVTOR AVGVSTVS' (Charles II, august restorer of peace and of the Empire). The figure of Britannia here shown is a portrait of Mrs Stuart, afterwards Duchess of Richmond.
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | II medals John Charles Roettier | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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