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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 9486

(x) France, Defeat of the Dutch at Martinique, AR Gilt Medal, 1674, by I. Mauger, LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS ., bust right, rev. COLONIA FRANCORUM AMERICANA VICTRIX ., Dutch sailor in chains, ship wreck behind, Victory with trumpet flies triumphantly overhead, BATAVIS AD MARTINICAM CAESIS AC FUGATIS . M.DC.LCCIIII. in exergue in three lines, 40mm, 35.98g (Divo 139; van Loon, III, 148), lightly contact marked and previously cleaned, some staining to the edge at 12 o'clock, very fine

The attempted invasion by the Dutch fleet led by Admiral Michael Ruiter, ended with considerable loss of life and total defeat

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