Condottieri Medals 95

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

INEXPVGNABILE CASTELLVM CONSTANTIVM PISAVRENSE SALVTI PVBILICAE MCCCCLXXV / IO[annis] FR[ancisci] PARMEN[sis] — Castle of Pesaro with four bastions crowded with armed soldiers with fire-beacons; over the gateway a shield with the Sforza arms; in the background sea full of ships

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