Armed Britannia Surveying Her Navies [reverse]

1667

Jan Roettiers

Medalist, Flemish, 1631 - 1703

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On View

NGA, West Building, G-013-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    silver

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.67 cm (2 1/4 in.)
    gross weight: 75.78 gr (0.167 lb.)
    axis: 12:00

  • Accession

    1998.108.18.b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 1998 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 945, repro.

Inscriptions

around circumference: FAVENTE [sun] DEO (God is Propitious); in exergue: BRITANNIA; in raised lettering on edge: CAROLVSSECVNDVSPACISETIMPERIIRESTITVTORAVGVSTVS [cross between two roses] (Charles the Second, august restorer of peace and of the empire)

Wikidata ID

Q63861856

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