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Description: | Counter commemorating the second capture of Rosas, 1693. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig, high on the forehead (right). Legend: 'LVDOVICUS MAGNVS REX' Reverse: A flower and two smaller ones rising from the prow of an antique galley, two cherub heads blowing on it from either side. Legend: 'RHODA . CATALON . CAPTA.' (Rosas in Catalonia captured.) Exergue: An arabesque. Since the head of the King is that of an elderly man, this probably commemorates the second capture of Rosas. The medals for the first, in 1645, bear the head of the King as a child.
caption: Counter commemorating the second capture of Rosas, 1693; obverse
caption: Counter commemorating the second capture of Rosas, 1693; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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