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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XIV in a long wig, Roman armour and mantle (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS'. Reverse: Victory, winged a palm-branch in her left hand, and thunderbolts in her right, standing on an antique galley. Clouds (left and right). Legend: 'INCENSA . BATAVORUM . CLASSE'. Exergue: 'TABAGO MDCLXXVII'.
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Tobago, 1677; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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