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Description: | Commemorative medal Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obv. Inscr."WILHEL.III.D.G.MAG.BRIT.FRAN.ET.HIB.REX". Bust of William III. Rev. "SECURIUS BELLUM PACE DUBIA MDCXCIII". A pair of scales suspended from clouds; one pan filled with ships and with a label inscribed "GALL.CLASS.DEL.AC.INC." is weighed to the ground; near it is a trident, decorated with a caduceus, cornucopiae and naval crown, and around the inscription "IMPER MARIS". The other pan filled with fortified cities from which issue scrolls inscribed "ROSES" "FURNA" "HEIDELBURGA" and "NAMURCUM", the names of towns captured by the French. Louis XIV is attempting to pull down the lighter pan. He is represented with a wooden leg, his head covered with snakes, from his mouth proceed the words "PAX IN DIEB NOSTRIS". On a cushion on the ground are two united hands entwined by the serpent of discord.
Inscription. Two casts, obverse and reverse. Obv. Inscr."WILHEL.III.D.G.MAG.BRIT.FRAN.ET.HIB.REX". Bust of William III. Rev. "SECURIUS BELLUM PACE DUBIA MDCXCIII". A pair of scales suspended from clouds; one pan filled with ships and with a label inscribed "GALL.CLASS.DEL.AC.INC." is weighed to the ground; near it is a trident, decorated with a caduceus, cornucopiae and naval crown, and around the inscription "IMPER MARIS". The other pan filled with fortified cities from which issue scrolls inscribed "ROSES" "FURNA" "HEIDELBURGA" and "NAMURCUM", the names of towns captured by the French. Louis XIV is attempting to pull down the lighter pan. He is represented with a wooden leg, his head covered with snakes, from his mouth proceed the words "PAX IN DIEB NOSTRIS". On a cushion on the ground are two united hands entwined by the serpent of discord. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | William III | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Jan Smeltzing, Jan | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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