Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Busts of King Charles II, in a long wig and mantle, and Queen Catharine conjoined (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . ET . CATHARINA . REX . ET . REGINA.' Obverse: 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.'
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Object Details
ID: | SEC1042 |
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Type: | Medal cast |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Roettier, John |
Events: | Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667 |
Date made: | 1667 |
People: | King Charles II; Braganza, Catherine of |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 45 mm |