Medal - Anne Attempted Invasion of Scotland, bronze

Location United Kingdom
Year 1708
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Bronze
Weight
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Eimer#430
Obverse description Bust of Queen Anne in low dress, hair tied in a knot at the top of the head.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ANNA . D : G : MAG : BRI : FRA : ET . HIB : REG :
Reverse description Britannia, armed, running and protecting Scotia (crouching at her feet) from the French fleet; this, with the exception of the Salisbury engaging an English vessel in the foreground (left) is in flight in the distance.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering CLASSE . GALL . FVG. AD . FRETVM . EDENBVRG . XIV . MARTII . MDCCVIII .
(Translation: The French fleet put to flight. In the Firth of Edingburgh, 14 March 1708.)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 7936592590
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