Medal of Burning of the Dutch fleet at Tobago from France Yale University Art Gallery

1677

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 58.79 g, 12:00, 68.3 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871, Collection
Accession Number: 2001.87.27586
Geography: Made in France
Culture: French
Period: 17th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatic details

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS r. bust with curly wig, chest 3/4 profile with draped collar, armor, striped sleeves

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: INCENSA BATAVORVM CLASSE / TABAGO / MDCLXXVII winged laureled goddess with arrows raised in r. hand and wheat stalk (?) in l., on ship with scrolled bow facing l. on sea with clouds in sky

Provenance

Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 29, no. 53

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

bronze, medals

Inscriptions

BRONZE

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