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Description: | Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish Fleets off Catania, 1676. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMVS.' Reverse: On an antique galley two cupids holding a globe bearing the lilies of France; above a flying Victory about to place a wreath upon it. Legend: 'DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE.' (The hostile fleet annihilated.) Exergue: 'VICTORIA PANORMITANA M . DC . LXXVI.' (Victory of Palermo.) A modern restrike.
caption: Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish Fleets off Catania, 1676; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish Fleets off Catania, 1676; 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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