Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Hebrew word 'Jehovah' surrounded by flames and clouds. Legend: 'SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM...' Reverse: 'HOS[TE] . PROVOC[ATO]POST . TVMVLT[VM] . GRAV[IA] . CAP[TA] . TRIRR[EMIBVS] DEPRESS[IS] ET SVBMERSS[IS] VIII . EQ[VITVM] . TVRM[IS] . CAES[IS] . AGR[OQUE] . LVX[EMBVRGENSI] . VAST[ATO] . SEN[ATVS] . FOE[DERATARVM] . PP[ROVINCIARVM] . F . F . [FIERI FECIT].'

Object Details

ID: SEC1074
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: Eighty Years' War: Capture of Grave, 1602; Action at Maastricht, 1602 Anglo-Spanish War: Action of the Goodwin Sands, 1602 Eighty Years' War: Ravage of Luxembourg, 1602
Date made: 1602; 1602 22 Sep 1602 1602
People: Spinola, Ambrogio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 8 mm x 30 mm