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Description: | Counter commemorating the French convoy's safe return, 1708. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) in armour and mantle. Legend: 'L . ALEXA . DE . BOURBON C . DE TOULOUZE ADMIRAL DE FCE.' Reverse: Hercules leaning on his club holding the apples of Hesperides in his raised right hand, trees in the distance (left). Legend: 'EXTREMO ADUEXIT AB ORBE.' (He has brought [them] from the ends of the world.) Exergue: 'MARINE . 1709.'
caption: Counter commemorating the French Convoy's safe return, 1708; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the French Convoy's safe return, 1708; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Bourbon Louis Alexandre de | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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