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Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643
Medal commemorating the Battle of Cartagena, 1643. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV as a child (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Neptune standing (centre), a trident in his left hand, his right hand crowning France, reclining, helmeted (left), leaning on a shield emblazoned with the three fleur-de-lis; Neptune's sea-car drawn by two horses (right). Legend: 'OMEN IMPERII MARITIMI.' (An augury of a maritime empire.) Exergue: 'HISPANIS VICTIS AD CARTHAGINEM NOVAM . IV SEPTEMBRIS . M . DC . XLIII.' (The Spanish defeated at New Carthage, 4 September 1643.) The artist Rog was employed to recut damaged dies of the period of Louis XIV.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0721 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean; Rog, M. |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | Franco-Spanish War: Battle of Cartagena, 1643 |
| Date made: | 1643 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |
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