Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Busts of King Charles II, in a long wig and mantle, and Queen Catharine conjoined (right). Legend: 'CAROLVS . ET . CATHARINA . REX . ET . REGINA.' Obverse: Britannia with a spear in her right hand and her left resting on her shield seated at the foot of a rock; a three-masted ship in foreground, others in distance, the sun shining above. Legend: 'FAVENTE DEO.' (God being propitious). Exergue: 'BRITANNIA.'

Object Details

ID: SEC1042
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Roettier, John
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Peace of Breda, 1667
Date made: 1667
People: King Charles II; Braganza, Catherine of
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 5 mm x 45 mm
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