Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667

Medal commemorating the Peace of Breda, 1667. Obverse: Head of King Charles II in a long wig, laureate (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . SECVNDVS . DEI . GRATIA . MAG . BRI . FRAN . ET . HIB . REX.' Reverse: Britannia with a spear in her right hand and her left resting on her shield, seated at the foot of a rock; a three-masted ship in foreground, others in distance, the sun shining above. Legend: 'FAVENTE DEO.' (God being propitious.) Exergue: 'BRITANNIA.' Inscription, on edge: 'CAROLVS SECVNDVS PACIS ET IMPERII RESTITVTOR AVGVSTVS.' (Charles II, august restorer of peace and of the Empire.) The figure of Britannia shown here is a portrait of Frances Teresa Stuart, afterwards Duchess of Richmond.

Object Details

ID: MEC0875
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Roettier, John
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667; Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Date made: 1667
People: Roettier, John; King Charles II
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 56 mm