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Medal commemorating the capture of Rosas, 1693
Medal commemorating the capture of Rosas, 1693. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: Hercules (right) standing on a rock and Neptune with trident (left) standing in his sea-car, holding between them a mural crown. Legend: 'RHODA CATALON ITERUM . CAPTA' (Rosas in Catalonia again taken.) Exergue: 'M . DC . XCIII .'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0756 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Capture of Rosas, 1693 |
| Date made: | 1693 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |