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Description: | Medal commemorating the Venetian command of the sea. Obverse: Bust of the Doge Francis Morosini in peaked cap and ermine cape (three-quarter right), a trophy behind. Legend: 'FRANCISCUS MAUROCENUS DUX VENETIARUM . AO . 1688 . 1688 . D . 3 . APRIL NIL DESPERANDUM TEUCRO DUCE.' (Never despair with Teucer as leader). Reverse: Five water nymphs, inscribed, 'MOREA. CANDIA. ATHENAE. NEGROPONT. CYPRUS', making offerings to the Doge, seated, a cornucopia in his left hand; ships and a volcano in the distance. Legend: 'ADRIATICI MARIS DOMINA ARCHIPELAGI REGINA' (Mistress of the Adriatic, queen of the archipelago). Inscription (on edge): 'VIDERUNT INSULAE ET TIMUERUNT EXTREMAE TERRAE OBSTUPUERUNT ET ACCESSERUNT . ESAI . 41 .' (The isles saw it and feared, the ends of the earth were afraid and drew near).
caption: Medal commemorating the Venetian command of the sea; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Venetian command of the sea; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Philipp Heinrich M�ller medals Morosini Francesco F. Kleinert | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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