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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Louis XIV (right) laureate, cloak over armour. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTANISS'. Reverse: Victory flying towards Messina, holding a wreath in her left hand and a sheaf of corn in her right. 'ALIMENTA * MESSANAE (the revictualling of Messina). Exergue: 'HISPAN AD FRETUM SICVL . DEVICTIS . M . DC . LXXV.' (the defeat of the Spaniards in the Straits of Sicily, 1675).
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1143 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | M. Molart |
| Events: | Messina War: Action in the Straits of Messina, 1675 |
| Date made: | 1675 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 mm x 70 mm |