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Description: | Medal commemorating Admiral Cardinal Medici. Obverse: Bust of Cardinal Medici with long hair, in a robe (left). Legend: 'IO . CAROLVS . DE . AETRVRIA S . R . E . CARD . MEDICES'. Reverse: A galley, with single mast and sail furled, borne on clouds; stars in the sky. Legend: 'VASTVM PRIVS AEQVOR ARANDVM' (A vast sea must first be ploughed). The admiral was a brother of Cosimo III of Tuscany. Probably by G. F. Travani.
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Cardinal Medici; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Cardinal Medici; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Cardinalfl Medici | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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