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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Bust of Louis XIV, laureate, in cloak and armour. Legend: 'LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX . CHRISTIANISS'. Reverse: Hercules on a rock by the sea, and Neptune on a shell drawn by a sea horse, both support a mural crown. Legend: 'RHODA . CATALON . ITERVM . CAPTA'. Exergue: 'M . DC . XCIII'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1153 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean; Roussel, Henri |
| Events: | Nine Years' War: Capture of Rosas, 1693 |
| Date made: | 9 Jun 1693 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 72 mm |