Condottieri Medals 29

AuthorityFrancesco II Gonzaga MaterialBronze SourceAmerican Numismatic Society

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Description

Obverse

D[ivus] FRANCISCVS GON[zaga] D[ivi] FRED[erici] III M[archionis] MANTVAE F[ilius] SPES PVB[lica] SALVSQ[ue] P[ublica] REDIVI[va] — Francesco Gonzaga facing right, wearing a decorated cuirass and a cap covering long curly hair falling down the neck

Reverse

ADOLESCENTIAE AVGVSTAE / MELIOLVS D[ed]ICAVIT / CAVTIVS — Female figure leaning on a long staff, and holding ears of corn in her right hand; in her left hand she holds one of the Gonzaga devices: a muzzle (musarola) with two tassels passing through a scroll inscribed CAVTIVS (cautiously), at her feet water and fire

Source record

– Unchecked https://numismatics.org/sitnam/id/1957.14.661

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