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Medal safety at sea
Obverse: Mercury standing on the shore with his back turned to two vessels in action. Legend: 'SALVS IN FLVCTIBVS.' Exergue: 'STATVS RERVM.' Reverse: A crowned and sceptred figure holding a lantern seated on a horse on the shore (right) and a Native American, standing, in war-paint with bow and arrow (left). Legend: 'SED MOTOS PRAESTAT COMPONERE FLVCTVS' - a line from Virgil's Aeneid (book 1, line 135), meaning "But it is better to calm the agitated waves." Exergue: 'SVB EXITVM ANNI MDCCLV'. (School of Nuremberg)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0331 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Werner, P.P. |
| Places: | Germany |
| Date made: | 1755 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 34 mm |
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