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Description: | Medal commemorating the voyage to Naples of Philip V of Spain, 1702. Obverse: Bust of King Philip V, draped, in long curls; fur-lined mantle, showing bare neck. Below (illegible). Legend: 'PHILIPPVS . V . HISPANIARVM . REX.' (Philip V. King of the Spaniards.) Reverse: Neptune, crowned, standing in a sea shell in a calm sea, which gives a distant view of Italy and Sicily; above, a cherub's head blowing clouds (left), sun (right). Legend: 'SIC . CVNCTVS . PELAGI . CECIDIT . FRAGOR . VIR.AE.I.' (Thus ceased all the turmoil of the waves). Escorted by the French fleet, this marked the King's state entry into Naples.
caption: Medal commemorating the voyage to Naples of Philip V of Spain, 1702; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the voyage to Naples of Philip V of Spain, 1702; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Vreani medals Philip V S. King of | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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