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Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme
Counter commemorating the French fleet building programme. Obverse: Head of Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Vermandois (1667-1683) as a child (right). Legend: 'LOVIS . COMTE . DE . VERMANDOIS . ADMIRAL . DE . FRAN.' Reverse: The crescent moon and clouds, the sea below with two ships (left and right). Legend: 'CRESCIT . ET . IMPERIVM.' (The empire too increases.) Exergue: '. MARINE . . 1672 .'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0588 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Counter |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Places: | France |
| Date made: | 1672 |
| People: | de Vermandois, Louis de Bourbon, Comte; French Navy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 27 mm |