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Monograms
Coin: 9781
Format
Coin
Numismatic Collection
Vermeule
Issue
6166
Details
Object Type
medal
Metal
Bronze
Region
Italy
Ruler
John VIII Palaeologus (1392 to 1448)
Date
1438 to 1439
Obverse Figure Description
Bust, right, Bearded, tall hat with pointed brim
Obverse Legend
ΙωΑΝΝΗC BACIΛΕVC KAI AVTO KPATωP PωMAIωN O ΠΑVΑΙΟΛΟΓΟC
Reverse Figure Description
Emperor, on horseback, right, rocky landscape, page on horseback, praying to road-side crucifix
Reverse Legend
OPVS PISANI PICTORIS | EPΓΟΝ ΤΟV ΠΙCΑΝΟV ΖωΓPΑΦΟΝ
Master
Antonio di Puccio Pisano (Pisanello) (1395 to 1455)
Artist
Antonio di Puccio Pisano (Pisanello), OPVS PISANI PICTORIS
Citations
Hill, Corpus, George Francis Hill, A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance Before Cellini, 1930 19
Currency of Fame, Stephen K. Scher, The Currency of Fame: Portrait Medals of the Renaissance, 1994 4
References
Hill, Corpus
Currency of Fame
Coin Description
Size
104 in mm
Die Axis
12
Weight
489.6 in grams
Accession
Accession number: 58, 2000-10-09, Gift of: Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Technique
cast
Citations
Vermeule coll., Cornelius C. Vermeule III, European, World and American Medallic Art, 1994 1
References
Vermeule coll.
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