Medal commemorating the safety of the harbours

Medal commemorating the safety of the harbours. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Broadside starboard view of a two-masted twenty-four-oared galley under sail; a plan of the forts and harbour of Havre in background. Legend: 'PORTUUM SECURITAS.' (The safety of the ports.) Exergue: 'QUINDECIM TRIREMES IN OCEANO . M . DC . LXXXX.' (Fifteen galleys on the ocean, 1690.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0755
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Places: France
Date made: 1690
People: King Louis XIV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm
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