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Medal commemorating the occupation of the Morea and the capture of the Dardanelles, 1687
Medal commemorating the occupation of the Morea and the capture of the Dardanelles, 1687. Obverse: A fortified town besieged. Legend: 'VOTA URBIS ET ORBIS' (The vows of the city and the world). Reverse: Inscription, 'MOREA PLATANI FOLIO SIMILIS . IAM LAURU PALMISQ . ORNAT VENETUM LEONEM : PATRASSO . LEPANTO . VALIDISSIMIS URBIBUS . ET DUOBUS CASTRIS DARDANELLI XXIV . HORARUM SPATIO . QUAE SAECULI GESTA VIDEANTUR A TURCIS RECEPTIS D.14 24 ET 15 25 IUL . M . DC . LXXXVII.' (Morea like the leaf of a plane tree thus decorates the Venetian lion with laurel and palm, the strong cities of Patras and Lepanto having been captured from the Turks in twenty-four hours 14-24 and 15-25 July 1687, may these deeds be famous for ever). Inscription (on edge): 'REGNIS DOMINANTUR IN UNDIS' (They rule kingdoms and seas).
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0212 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Morean War: Conquest of the Morea, 1685-1687 |
| Date made: | 1687 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 42 mm |
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