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Description: | Medal commemorating Admiral Piet Heyn (1578-1629) and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628. Obverse: Map of the western hemisphere. 'TROPI CANC. LINEA AEQUIN TROPI CAPRICO' marked on it. Legend: 'GENTES SERVIENT . EI . DONEC . VENIAT . TEMPUS QUO . EAEDEM [sic] AB . IPSO . SERVITUTEM . EXIGENT' (Jer.27 v.7). Reverse: Field divided equally; a plan of the naval action above, inscription below. Legend: 'FILIA . BABIL . QUASI . AREA . CALCABITUR . AB . AQUILONE . TEMPORE . MESSIS . EIUS' (Jer.51 v.33, 48). Inscription: 'VI . ID . SEPT. CIC IC . CXXVIII . AUSPIC . FOED . REGIM . BELG . SOCIET . IND . OCCID . DUCTU . P . P . HEYNI . POTITA . EST . IN . ET . SUB . MATANZA . SINU . CUBA . INS . REGIA . CLASSE ARGENTEA . REGNI . NOVAE . HISP' (a short account of the capture of the silver fleet).
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Heyn and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Admiral Heyn and the capture of the Spanish silver fleet off Matanzas, 1628; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Heyn Piet | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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