Medal commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588

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Medal commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588

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Inventory number: O001457
Author: Anonymous
Title: Medal commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588
Date: 1588
Medium: Silver
Dimension: Diameter: 53 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pablo Bosch y Barrau, 1916
Entry date: 1916

Bibliography +

Loon, Gerard van, Histoire métallique des XVII Provinces des Pays Bas depuis la abdication de Charles-Quint jusqu'à la paix de Bade en MDCCXVI, I, La Haya, 1732-1737, pp. 384.

Eimer, Christopher, British Commemorative Medals and Their Values, Seaby, Londres, 1987, pp. 56a.

Saldaña Monllor, C.; Cirujano Gutiérrez, C.; Ruiz Rivero, Mª Paz; Navarro Pérez; Mª Paz, Colección de 798 medallas legadas por Don Pablo Bosch al Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de obras restauradas 1982-1886, 1988, pp. 159.

Fontcuberta i Famadas, Cristina, Imatges d' atac: art i conflicte als segles XVI i XVII, Bellaterra; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2011, pp. 82-83.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pablo Bosch, 1916. Núm. 502.

Inscriptions +

[roseta] x TV x DEVS x MAGNVS x ET x MAGNA x FACIS x TV x SOLVS x DEVS x [anverso]
Coinage. Back

[roseta] x DVRVM x EST x CONTRA x STIMVLOS x CALCITRARE x [reverso]
Coinage. Front

O · COECAS · HOMINVM · MENTES / O · PECTORA · COECA [reverso]
Coinage.

· VENI · VIDE · VIVE · / · 1588 ·
Coinage.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 08-09-2021

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