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Medal - Charles III on his arrival in Lisbon, escorted by the British and Dutch fleets
| Location | Spain |
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| Year | 1703 |
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| Period | War of the Spanish Succession |
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| Obverse description | High-relief laureate bust of Charles III facing right, with long flowing curly hair, set within a raised border. The circumferential Latin legend reads around the bust, with the engraver's signature I. BOSKAM. F. visible in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLUS. III.HISPANIAR.INDIAR.REX.CATHOL. I.BOSKAM.F. |
| Reverse description | An eagle with spread wings, holding an olive branch in its beak and thunderbolts in its talons, soars above a detailed panoramic view of the Anglo-Dutch fleet under sail to the left, rendered in fine relief. Below a horizontal line dividing the scene, a four-line Latin inscription in the exergue records the occasion, with the legend LIBERATOR ET ULTOR arching around the upper border. |
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