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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.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0755 |
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| 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 |