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Medal - Karls VI and George I Naval engagement at Messina and naval victory of Admiral George Byng at Syracuse
| Location | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1718 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic naval scene in high relief depicting Jupiter standing on clouds at right, brandishing a thunderbolt toward a fleet of sailing warships in distress on the left, with smoke and cannon fire filling the field. Neptune, muscular and striding, stands at lower right wielding a trident and attacking the fleeing Spanish vessels. A two-line exergual inscription in the lower field records the destruction of the Spanish fleet by Jupiter and Neptune. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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