HISPANI FUGIUNT ET PERIUNT NEMINE SEQUENTE

Lot 283
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 752908
Lot 283 | HISPANI FUGIUNT ET PERIUNT NEMINE SEQUENTE
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HISPANI FUGIUNT ET PERIUNT NEMINE SEQUENTEMedal commemorating Defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588DRAKE, Sir Francis (c.1540-1596) – Medal commemorating the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Netherlands, 1588. Medal struck to celebrate the crushing defeat of the Spanish Armada by Elizabeth I's commander, Sir Francis Drake. England’s decisive naval victory over the Catholic King Philip II was felt throughout Protestant Europe, and the Dutch medallist Gerard van Bylaer (1553-1617) created a number of designs commemorating the moment, with this possibly among them. Fernández Duro, La Armada Invencible, pp. 217-218; see LOC, The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake, no. 57Silver, 30mm diameter, struck in the Netherlands. Obverse: “HISPANI FUGIUNT ET PERIUNT NEMINE SEQUENTE,” Spanish galleon crashing into a rock. Reverse: “HOMO PROPONIT DEUS DISPONIT,” family kneeling in prayer, date 1588 below.
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