拍品 54
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Oswego Captured Medal, 1758, silver, reeded edge (Betts-415), 172.3 grains, obv., LUDOVICUS XV ORBIS IMPERATOR around bust of Louis XV, rev., WESEL OSWEGO POTRMAHON around and above, EXPUG. STI. DAVIDIS ARCE ET SOLO AEQUATA (The fort of St. David taken by storm and levelled to the ground) below four fortified islands, obverse scratch, almost uncirculated, attractively toned

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Oswego Captured Medal, 1758, silver, reeded edge (Betts-415), 172.3 grains, obv., LUDOVICUS XV ORBIS IMPERATOR around bust of Louis XV, rev., WESEL OSWEGO POTRMAHON around and above, EXPUG. STI. DAVIDIS ARCE ET SOLO AEQUATA (The fort of St. David taken by storm and levelled to the ground) below four fortified islands, obverse scratch, almost uncirculated, attractively toned
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The city of Wesel, on the Rhine, Port Mahon, the capital city of Minorca, St. Davids, on the Bay of Bengal, and Oswego, in upstate New York, represent French victories from the "four corners of the globe," and allude to Louis XV's boastful title "orbis imperator," or "Emperor of the world."