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Medal - Caesar's Boat in a Storm / Caesar Escapes at the Port of Alexandria
| Location | City of Geneva |
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| Year | 1740-1750 |
| Type | Collection medallion |
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| Obverse description | A small sailing vessel tossed by stormy waves in high relief, with two figures aboard — Caesar seated at the stern gesturing forward and an oarsman straining at the oars — rendered in finely engraved detail against a dramatic sky of billowing clouds. A horizontal line separates the scene from the exergue below, which bears the legend in two lines within a recessed panel. The medal has a reeded border. |
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| Reverse description | Caesar swimming through turbulent harbour waters in high relief, one arm raised aloft holding documents clear of the waves, while a large crowd of enemies massed on the left shore launch arrows at him; a sailing vessel appears at right, and the multi-tiered Pharos of Alexandria rises prominently in the background. A horizontal line separates the scene from the two-line legend in the exergue below. The medal has a reeded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | INTREPIDITE DE CESAR · A · R · 706 · |
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