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An image showing 'Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736); obverse'
An image showing 'Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736); reverse'
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Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736)

Counter commemorating the fitting out of a squadron under Admiral René Duguay-Trouin (1673-1736). Obverse: Bust of Admiral Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) in armour and mantle. Legend: 'L . ALEXA . DE BOURBON C . DE TOULOUZE ADMIRAL DE FCE.' Reverse: A number of eagles in flight over the sea, a cliff (left); rays of the sun above (right). Legend: 'NON TERRUIT AUSTER EUNTES.' (The south wind hath not scared them from their flight.) Exergue: 'MARINE 1734.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0665
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Roussel, H.
Places: France
Date made: 1734
People: Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de; Duguay-Trouin, René
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 29 mm