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Description: | Medal commemorating the arrival of King Charles III in Portugal, 1703. Obverse: The imperial eagle, an olive branch in his beak, sword in left claw, empties a cornucopiae over the portion marked 'HISP.' and 'LVSIT.' (Spain and Portugal) on a terrestial globe. A distant view of the fleet. Legend: 'PARCERE . SVBIECTIS . ET . DEBELLARE . SVPERBOS.' (To spare the conquered and subdue the proud.) Exergue: 'CICICCCIII.' Reverse: Inscription, 'FELICI . ADVENTVI . CAROLI . III . HISPANIARVM . REGIS . QVVM . PROFECTIONEM . MARITIMAM E . BATAVIAE . ORIS . DEO . AVSPICE ET . VENTIS . SECVNDIS . SVSCIPERET . IN LVSITANIAM . VT . DEBITVM . SIBI SOLIVM . HISPANIAE . FOEDERATORVM ARMIS . AC . CONSILIIS . ADIVTVS VIRTVTE . DVCE . AC . VICTRICE IVSTITIA . SIBI . VINDICARET ATQVE . PROFLIGATO . HOSTE BONIS . AVIBVS CONSCENDERET.' (To the happy arrival of Charles III, King of the Spains, embarked in Netherlands for Portugal, under God's protection and with a favourable wind, to claim the throne of Spain, which is his due, assisted with arms and counsel by his allies, and conducted by valour and victorious justice so as to ascend this under favourable auspices, after having vanquished his enemies.)
caption: Medal commemorating the arrival of King Charles III in Portugal, 1703; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the arrival of King Charles III in Portugal, 1703; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Charles III | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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