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Description: | Medal commemorating harbour improvement at Copenhagen, 1692. Obverse: Bust of King Christian V in a long wig, drapery and order (right). Legend: 'CHRISTIANVS . V . D . G . REX . DAN . NOR . VAN . GOT.' (Christian V, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends, the Goths.) Reverse: View of the harbour with wharves and shipping, the pillar of fire and cloud in the sky (right). Inscription: 'HIS DVCIBVS (EXOD.XIV).' (With these for our guides.) Exergue: 'NEC IRRITANTES NEC IRRITANDAE.' (Neither provoking nor to be provoked.) Inscription (on edge): 'SIC STANT CONSPICVAE REGALI IN SEDE CARINAE ET BENE MVNITI CASTELLA NATANTIA REGNI A. 1692.'
caption: Medal commemorating harbour improvement at Copenhagen, 1692; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating harbour improvement at Copenhagen, 1692; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Meier medals Christian V King of B. | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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