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Description: | Medal commemorating the action off Corfu victory over the Turks, 1716. Obverse: Bust of King John V of Portugal, in a long wig and armour (right), face (three-quarter right). Legend: 'IOANNES . V . REX PORTVG . ET . ALGARB' (John V, King of Portugal and the Algarves). Reverse: Ship of war passing between two rocks, flanked by columns (Straits of Gibraltar and the Pillars of Hercules.) Legend: 'QVA . DATA . PORTA . IVVAT' (By the passage which is open to them they set forth to succour.) Exergue: 'FVSIS . FVGATISQVE . TVRCIS . LVSIT[ANA] . CLASSIS SUBSID[IATVR] . AD TAENARVM . P[ORTVM] . 1717' (The Turks having been scattered and put to flight, the Lusitanian fleet stands by the harbour of Taenarum.)
caption: Medal commemorating the action off Corfu victory over the Turks, 1716 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | John V medals King of | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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