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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Cartagena, 1697. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A mural crowned female figure seated at the foot of a palm tree, her right hand resting on an overturned vase whence coins are issuing. Legend: 'HISPANORUM THESAURI DIREPTI.' (The treasures of Spain plundered.) Exergue: 'CARTHAGO AMERICANA VI CAPTA . M . DC . XCVII .' (Carthage in America taken by storm, 1697.)
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Cartagena, 1697; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Cartagena, 1697; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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