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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Head of Louis XIV. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS MAGNVS * REX'. Reverse: Louis XIV, holding a broken trident, his crown falling from his head, is mounted upon a snail in the sea. Legend: 'EXTOLERAT . CORNUA . SED . PERIIT . SALO'. (He raised his horns but he perished in the sea). Exergue: 'MDCXCII'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1032 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692 |
| Date made: | 1692 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in |