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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 . CHRISTIANISSIMVS'. Reverse: France, with Neptune's trident, driving a sea chariot. Legend: 'SPLENDOR REI NAVALIS'. Exergue: stern view of antique galley inscribed. 'GALLIA'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1154 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean; Roussel, Henri M. Molart |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 9 mm x 70 mm |