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Destruction of the Spanish fleet by the Dutch off Dover
| Location | Dutch Republic |
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| Year | 1639 |
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| Reference(s) | Eimer#135, Van Loon#245, Montagu#AA12 |
| Obverse description | Panoramic high-relief scene depicting a large naval engagement, with numerous multi-masted sailing warships engaged in battle across the entire field, gun smoke rising at right and vessels in various states of conflict. In the lower portion of the field, several ships are shown sinking or wrecked, while the distant background fills with a mass of additional vessels beneath billowing clouds. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Æternitati S. Ob Hisp. classe. navib. 67 spectatis belli ducib. naucl. milit. 25m ōniq' apparatu instructiss. illustr. Pr. Hen. Fred. ausp. a Martino Trompio Hollandiæ maris p.fect. 16 Sept. 1639 navib. tantū. 17 aggressam, & seq. die circ. noct. iterum oppugnatā alteroq' die 11 navib. auctô, dissipatam ac sub Angl. littor. castella cedere coactā, ibiq' per mensem obsessam, tandemq' à Reg. decedere iussā 21 Octb. magnâ virt. deletā Ordd. Fœd. Belg. F.F. |
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