Medal commemorating the earthquake at Lisbon, 1755. Obverse: Lisbon, holding a caduceus in her left hand, a shield engraved with a ship (left), seated amid debris; lightning, flames and smoke issuing from the rocks behind. Legend: 'TERRAE MOTVVM VI . D . I . NOV .MDCCLV' (By the violence of earthquakes, 1 Nov. 1755). Reverse: English, Dutch and Spanish fleets in the Tagus; view of the town in the distance, an inscribed scroll above, 'LISBONA'.