Condottieri Medals 79

AuthorityFederico da Montefeltro MaterialBronze Date 1468 – 1468 CE SourceAmerican Numismatic Society

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Description

Obverse

ALTER ADEST CAESAR SCIPIO ROMAN[us] ET ALTER SEV PACEM POPVLIS SEV FERA BELLA DEDIT — Federico da Montefeltro facing left, wearing decorated all’antica armour and a mortier

Reverse

MARS FERVS ET SVMMVM TANGENS CYTHEREA TONANTEM DANT TIBI REGNA PARES ET TVA FATA MOVENT / INVICTVS FEDERICVS C[omes] V[r]BINI / ANNO D[omini] M CCCC LXVIII / OPVS CLEMENTIS V[r]BINATIS — Three stars with astronomical symbols; below an eagle holding a horizontal beam on his outstretched wings, one side of which is occupied by a Roman cuirass, a shield decorated with the head of a Gorgon and a sword, and the opposite by an olive branch and a brush; in the center a massive sphere/globe

Source record

– Unchecked https://numismatics.org/sitnam/id/1957.14.693

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