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Description: | Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Obverse: Lisbon, holding a caduceus in her left hand, a shield engraved with a ship (left), seated amidst debris; lightning, flames and smoke issuing from the rocks behind. Legend: 'TERRAE MOTVVM VI . D . I . NOV .MDCCLV' (By the violence of earthquakes, 1 Nov. 1755). Reverse: English, Dutch and Spanish fleets in the Tagus; view of the town in the distance, an inscribed scroll above, 'LISBONA'.
caption: Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals M. Holtzhey | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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