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Medal commemorating the flourishing Navy

Medal commemorating the flourishing navy. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France, crowned, seated in her sea-car (left), a trident in her right hand, driving Neptune's horses. Legend: 'SPLENDOR REI NAVALIS.' (The glory of the Navy.) Exergue: 'M . DC . XCIII.'
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Object Details

ID: MEC0758
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Places: France
Date made: 1693
People: King Louis XIV of France; French Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm