21. E x p e d i t io n t o Y ig o Bay. -L| October, 1702.
Bust of Anne, L, hair bound with fillet, &c.; same as the
preceding.
Rev. Hercules, stepping from the sea, plants his foot upon
the neck of the prostrate Dragon, and arrests the flight of a
French soldier, who is endeavouring to carry off the Golden
Fleece. Leg. n o n d o l o n e o a r t e s e d a p e r t o m a r t e . (Not
hy deceit nor by stratagem, but by open war.) Ex. m d c c ii.
1-7. Rapin, ii. 5. Yan Loon, IV. 363. Thes. Num. 219.
MB. Ht. Rare.
Sir George Rooke as Hercules, or Jason under the form of
Hercules, destroys the Spanish Dragon and rescues the Golden
Fleece from the grasp of the French Aetes, Louis XIV., who
attempted to usurp the dominion and wealth of Spain in South
America and in the West Indies. The naval power of France
did not recover during the war from the blow inflicted upon it
at Yigo.
22. E x p e d i t io n t o Y ig o Bay. - I f October, 1702.
Victory decorating a trophy of arms with a naval crown and
branches of palm and laurel; around are implements of war.
Leg. s p e s e t v i r e s h o s t iu m f r a c t . * . (The hope and forces of
the enemy broken.) Ex. i n c e n s a g a l l o r c l a s s e . h i s p a n . o p e s
am e r ic . i n t e r c e p t . (The French fleet being burnt, the American
treasures of Spain are intercepted.)
Rev. View of Yigo harbour, with a fleet at the entrance
attacking and burning galleons and other ships. The sites are
marked of r e d o n d e l l e , v ig o s , b o c e s , and c a n g a s . Leg. a n -
g lo r v m ET b a ta v o r vm v i r t v t e . (By the valour of the English
and the Dutch.) Ex. a d v ig o s p o r t . g a l l i c i a e . 1702. (At
Yigo, a port of Gallicia.)
Edge, d e c i d i t in c a s s e s p r e d a p e t i t a m eo s . o v id . (The
prey he sought has fallen into my nets.—Ovid, Art. Am.
Lib. ii. 2.)
1 -6. Rapin, ii. 3. Yan Loon, IV. 360. Thes. Num. 220.
MB. iR. Rare.
Executed in Germany. Louis XIV. had anxiously expected
this treasure, and equipped a fleet adequate, as he supposed,
for its protection, and every precaution was taken for its preservation
in the harbour of Yigo. He was arranging with
the King of Spain that this silver should be devoted to the
necessities of the State, at that time very pressing, when the
prey he sought was snatched from his grasp, and his hopes,
as well as his forces, were broken. The French and Spanish
fleets lay off Redondela, which is situated some miles up the
harbour, and which was strongly fortified by a castle on one
side and platforms on both.
23. E x p e d i t io n t o V ig o B a y . October, 1702.
C oun ter.
Bust of Anne, I., hair bound with fillet, lovelock on the right
shoulder, in gown fastened with brooch in front. Leg. a n n a .
D . G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . R. Below, I. G. L. (Johann
Gottlieb Lauffer.)
Rev. View of Yigo harbour with the sites marked of r e d o n d .•
v ig o s . b o o . c o n g . (Redondela, Yigo, Bocas, and Cangas); at
the entrance are ships attacking a fort, and burning galleons.
Leg. a n g l o r . e t . b a t a v . v i r t v t e . (By the valour of the English
and the Dutch.) Ex. in c e n s . c l a s s e o p e s am e r ic , i n t e r c
e p t . 1702. (The fleet being burnt, the American treasures
are intercepted.)
1. Rapin, ii. 7. Van Loon, IV. 263.
MB. M.
A counter struck at Nuremberg by Johann Gottlieb Lauffer.
The obverse is copied from Boskam’s medal, No. 20, and the
reverse from the design of the preceding.
24. E x p e d i t io n t o Y ig o B a y . -|-§- October, 1702.
A rostral column surmounted by a Victory with trumpet and
wreath, and trampling upon captured standards; two captives