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Medal cast
Two casts of a commemorative medal, obverse and reverse. Obverse cracked. Obverse: Bust of Anne, Duc de Joyeuse, Amiral de France 1582-87, in armour, badge of the order of Saint Esprit round the neck. Legend: 'ANNA DVX IOIEVSE PRAEFECTVS REI MARITIME'. Reverse: .An antique warrior, with raised sword, on an altar on which is a lamb as a burnt-offering. Clouds above, with rainbow, in centre of which a lamb marked with a star. Refers to death of the Duke in the Battle of Coutras. Legend: 'VICTIMA PRO SALVO DOMINO FIT IN AETHERF SIDVS'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1109 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Paolo, Giovanni |
| Events: | French Religious Wars: Battle of Coutras, 1587; Death of Anne de Joyeuse, 1587 |
| Date made: | 1587; 1587 |
| People: | Joyeuse, Anne de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 12 mm x 76 mm |