Condottieri Medals 94

AuthorityCostanzo I Sforza MaterialBronze Date 1475 – 1475 CE SourceAmerican Numismatic Society

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Obverse

CONSTANTIVS SFORTIA DE ARAGONIA DI[vi] ALEXAN[dri] SFOR[tiae] FIL[ius] PISAVRENS[is] PRINCEPS AETATIS AN[no] XXVII — Costanzo Sforza bareheaded facing left, wearing plate-armour over a shirt of mail; surcoat decorated with semprevivi device

Reverse

QVIES SECVRITAS COPIA MARTIS HONOS 7[=et] SALUS PATRIAE MCCCCLXXV / IO[annis] FR[ancisci] PARMEN[sis] — Costanzo Sforza on a prancing horse, in full armour along with the Sforza crest, holds a shield with a rampant lion with a quince device, and a raised sword; a running hound accompanies him; in the background soldiers with lances (on the right) and peasants tilling the fields (on the left); a castle looms in the background

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