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Medal - Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvela
| Location | Spanish Netherlands |
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| Year | 1561 |
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| Weight | 28.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvela facing right, depicted with a curly beard and wearing ecclesiastical robes and a cardinal's hat, rendered in high relief with fine engraved detail. The circumferential Latin legend runs between an inner beaded border and an outer beaded rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Highly detailed scene in high relief depicting Neptune (Poseidon) standing on his sea-chariot drawn by hippocampi amid turbulent waves, brandishing his trident, with a ship under sail in the left background. Sea creatures, tritons, and human figures struggle in the churning waters in the foreground. The motto DVRATE appears at the top of the field within an arched cartouche, between the beaded border. |
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