Medal - Charles III on his arrival in Lisbon, escorted by the British and Dutch fleets

Features

Location	Spain
King	Charles III (1705-1714)
Type	Commemorative medals › Visit medals
Year	1703
Composition	Silver
Weight	34.24 g
Diameter	44 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 379767
References	MHE# 162 Juan Claudio de Ramón, Isabel Rodríguez Casanova, Alberto J. Cantó García; 2018. Medallas de la Historia de España / Volumen II: De Carlos II a Carlos III = Medals from the History of Spain. Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain. , V.Q.# 13997 Forgotten Books (publisher); 2018. Catálogo de la Colección de Monedas y Medallas de Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón de Barcelona = Catalog of the Collection of Coins and Medals of Manuel Vidal Quadras and Ramón de Barcelona. Forgotten Books. , Lamas# 14 Arthur Lamas; 1916. Medalhas portuguesas e estrangeiras referentes a Portugal / Volume I. Parte I: Medalhas Comemorativas: Memória histórica e descriptiva = Portuguese Medals and foreign medals related to Portugal. Adolpho de Mendonça, Lisbon, Portugal. , Vanhoudt# 1703-14 Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes). , Van Loon IV# IV. 406-407 Gerard van Loon. Medallic History of the Low Countries / Volume IV: 1691-1716 (2 volumes). , Eimer# 403 Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Montagu# CC14 George Charles Montagu; 1937. British and Foreign Medals relating to Naval and Maritime Affairs (1^st Edition). National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Slg. Julius# 766 Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze = War and Peace on the Medal and Commemorative Coin. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Charles III to right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAROLUS. III.HISPANIAR.INDIAR.REC.CATHOL.
I.BOSKAM.F.

Engraver: Jan Boskam

Reverse

Eagle with spread wings, holding an olive branch in his beak and a thunderbolt in his talons, above view of the Anglo-Dutch fleet sailing to left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERATOR.ET.ULTOR // CAROL.III.HISPAN.REX / BRITAN.BATAVQ.CLAS. / IN LUSIT. PROFICISC. / MDCCIII

Engraver: Jan Boskam

Mint

Nijmegen, Netherlands (575-1704)

Comments

This medal refers to one of the early acts of the War of The Spanish Succession, which lasted from 1701 to 1714 and was caused by the reluctance of the European powers to have either a Habsburg or a French candidate take the Spanish throne on the death of the incapable Charles II. This was because uniting either France and Spain or Austria and Spain would have produced a state of great power. In any case, Charles III, the son of the emperor Leopold II (he later became the emperor Charles VI), was the Habsburg pretender who faced Philip V, the grandson of Louis XIV.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1703												MDCCIII

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