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Description: | Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642). Obverse: Bust of the cardinal in a cap and high collar (right). Legend: 'ARMAND . IO . CAR . DVX . DE . RICHELIEV.' Reverse: Starboard-quarter view of a three-masted vessel, sails furled, in a gale near the rocks, on fire astern. Legend: 'VEL IGNE VEL VNDIS.' ([Destroyed] either by fire or by the waves.) Exergue: '1640.'
caption: Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642); obverse
caption: Counter commemorating Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642); reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Cardinal Armand Jean Duplessis Duc de Richelieu | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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