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Description: | Medal commemorating Archduke Charles III's proposed departure for Barcelona, 1700. Obverse: Bust of the Archduke Charles III in a long wig and cloak over armour, mantled (right). Legend: 'CAROLO AVSTRIACO LEOPOLDI MAGNI FILIO.' (To Charles of Austria, son of Leopold the Great.) Reverse: Starboard-quarter view of a battleship with Austrian colours sailing before the wind, a semicircle of clouds above. Legend: 'IVXTA IVRIS SOLISQVE VIAS.' (According to the course of Justice and the Sun.) Inscription (in a ribbon below), 'DICATVM INTER VOTA ET OMINA ANNI NOVO SECVLO SACRI . MDCC .' (Dedicated in the midst of vows and omens of the first year of a new century, 1700.) Inscription (on edge): 'CVIVS ET ANNIS ET GENERI FATVM INDVLGENT QVEM NVMINA POSCVNT . VIRGIL' ([Thou] whose youth and race the fates favour, whom the Gods call [to the throne]). (School of Nuremberg)
caption: Medal commemorating the proposed departure of Archduke Charles III for Barcelona, 1700; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the proposed departure of Archduke Charles III for Barcelona, 1700; 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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