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Medal - Attack on Copenhagen Silver issue
| Location | Denmark |
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| Year | 1801 |
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| Weight | 18.5 g |
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| Obverse description | A robed allegorical figure of Justice, seated right on a stone plinth and holding a balance in her left hand, presents a sword to a standing Roman soldier in full armor facing left. The scene is rendered in high relief against a flat field, with the engraver's signature LOOS inscribed in the exergue below a ground line. |
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| Reverse description | A Roman soldier in full armor, facing left and raising a sword in his right hand while holding a shield bearing a cross device in his left, confronts a multi-headed fire-breathing sea serpent amid billowing smoke. The dramatic high-relief composition symbolizes the Danish repulse of the British fleet, with the date and location inscribed in the exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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