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Title: Medal commemorating Barcelona relieved, 1706 [Go to resource]
Description: Medal commemorating Barcelona relieved, 1706. Obverse: Bust of King Charles III of Spain in a long wig and armour mantled, collar and Golden Fleece (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . III . D . G . REX HISPAN . ARCH . AVST.' (Charles III, by the Grace of God, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria.) Reverse: View of the city and pier of Barcelona, sun eclipsed above; abandoned cannon, French in flight (right). Legend: 'VNIVS LIBERATIO ALTERIVS OPPRESSIO.' (The deliverance of one, the overwhelming of the other.) Exergue: 'FVGA GALL . ET ECLIPS . EOD . DIE . 12 . MAII . 1706' (The flight of the French and the eclipse on the same day, 12 May 1706). Inscription (on edge): 'O NIMIVM DILECTE DEO, TIBI MILITAT AETHER.' (Oh, well beloved of God, Heaven fights for you.) (School of Nuremberg) caption: Rhode Island relieved 1778, evacuated 1779 medal caption: Medal commemorating Barcelona relieved, 1706; obverse caption: Medal commemorating Barcelona relieved, 1706; reverse Publisher: "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" Rights holder: "Royal Museums Greenwich" Subjects: medals Source: Royal Museums Greenwich Identifier: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... Go to resource More Like this...
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