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Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693
Medal commemorating the Smyrna fleet being attacked off Gibraltar, 1693. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A winged Victory with thunderbolts in her right hand standing upon a sinking antique merchant vessel, the pillars of Hercules on either side. Legend: 'COMMERCIA HOSTIBUS INTERCLUSA.' Exergue: 'NAVIBUS CAPT . AUT INCENS . AD FRETUM GADITAN . M . DC . XCIII.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0757 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Battle of Lagos, 1693 |
| Date made: | 1693 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |