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Medal - Johann V The Naval Battle of Matapan
| Location | Portugal |
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| Year | 1717 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large three-masted man-of-war under full sail navigates through rocky cliffs, flanked by two tall commemorative columns rising from the waves, evoking the Pillars of Hercules near Cape Matapan. A four-line Latin inscription in the exergue records the defeat and routing of the Turks by the Portuguese fleet in 1717, with the date appearing at the bottom of the exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | QVA.DATA.PORTA.IVVAT FVSIS.FVGATISQVE.TVRCIS LVSIT.CLASSIS.SVBSID. AD.TÆNARVM.P. 1717 |
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