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Counter commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588
Counter commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Obverse: Queen Elizabeth seated (left) in a car holding a palm branch and open prayer book with the start of the Lord's Prayer in Dutch: 'ONSE VADER IN DEN HEMEL UWEN NAEM WERD GEHEI'. Legend: 'TANDEM . BONA . CAVSA . TRIVMPHAT . 1589' (At length, the good cause triumphs). Reverse: Young birds in a nest defending themselves against a bird of prey. Legend: 'SI . NON . VIRIBUS . AT . CAVSA . POTIORES' (If not in strength, yet in our cause more powerful). Inscription: 'BELV NECESS' (Necessary war).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0051 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588 |
| Date made: | 1589 |
| People: | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 29 mm |