6h (RIC 959
with winged head of Medusa at the centre
Pitting on obverse
DES below for engraver G W De Saulles
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, silver Medal by van Bylaer 6h (RIC 959Elizabeth I, Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, struck Silver Medal by G. van Bylaer, Philip II of Spain, and the heads of the Catholic Church and state, blindfolded, seated in discussion with their feet on a spiked floor, O. COECAS. HOMINVM. MENTES. O. PECTORA. COECA. [Oh the blind minds of men, oh the blind hearts], DVRVM. EST. CONTRA. STIMVLOS. CALCITRARE [It is hard to kick against goads], reverse, the Spanish fleet, some foundering on rocks, TV.