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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Passaro and the Spanish Armada compared
Medal commemorating the Battle of Cape Passaro and the Spanish Armada compared. Obverse: Busts of King Philip II in a ruff and mantled armour, and King Philip V, of Spain, in a long wig, draped, facing each other. Legend: 'PHILIPP . II . ET . V . R . HISPAN.' (Philipp II and V, kings of Spain.) Exergue: 'ET RE ET NOMINE CONVENIVNT OPTIME.' (Both in circumstances and in name they are exactly alike.) Reverse: A naval action; in foreground ships sinking, in background ships on fire. Legend: 'CLASSES . INVICTAE . PER . ANGLOS . ITERVM . VICTAE.' (Invincible fleets a second time vanquished by the English.) Exergue: 'MAXIMAR(VM) . CLASSIVM . FACTA . MINIMA . 1588 . 1718 .' (Most insignificant feats of enormous fleets.) A satirical medal of the superior Spanish defeated by an inferior British fleet. (School of Nuremberg)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0329 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Vestner, G. W. |
| Events: | War of the Quadruple Alliance: Battle of Cape Passaro, 1718; War of the Quadruple Alliance: Battle of Cape Passaro, 1718 Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588 |
| Date made: | 1718 |
| People: | King Philip II of Spain; King Philip V of Spain |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 44 mm |