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Medal - Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvela
| Location | Spanish Netherlands |
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| Year | 1555 |
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| Weight | 54.15 g |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Antoine Perrenot de Granvela in high relief, depicted bearded and wearing clerical vestments with a ruffled collar. The encircling Latin legend is separated from the field by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANTONII PERRENOT EPI ATREBAT |
| Reverse description | A richly detailed allegorical scene depicting the ship of Aeneas in a storm, with Neptune threatening the sea-monster Scylla with his trident to calm the waves. In the foreground, shipwrecked figures struggle in the turbulent sea alongside a Triton blowing a double trumpet. The single-word legend DVRATE appears in the upper field within a beaded border. |
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