Morwenstow.
_Medal struck by Charles II._--Voltaire, in his _Histoire de Charles XII._,
liv. 4., states that a medal was struck in commemoration of a victory which
Charles XII. gained over the Russians, at a place named Hollosin, near the
Boresthenes, in the year 1708. He adds that on one side of this medal was
the epigraph, "Sylvæ, paludes, aggeres, hostes victi;" on the other the
verse of Lucan:--
"Victrices _copias_ alium laturus in orbem."
The verse of Lucan referred to is in lib. v. l.238.:
"Victrices _aquilas_ alium laturus in orbem."
Query, Is the medal referred to by Voltaire known to exist? and if so, is
the substitution of the unmetrical and prosaic word _copias_ due to the
author of the medal, or to Voltaire himself?