Quarto of Alfonso I D'Este from Unknown Artist: Unknown
Mint: Unknown
Ruler: Alfonso I d'Este, Italian, 1476–1534

1505–34

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

9.75 g, 6:00, 28.4 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection

Accession Number

2001.87.34952

Geography

Made in Ferrara, Italy

Culture

Ferrara

Period

16th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Triangle, ALFONSVS, triangle, DVX, triangle, FERRARIAE, triangle, |||, triangle. Bust of Alfonso D'Este facing l.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Triangle, DE, triangle, FORTI, triangle, DVLCEDO, star. Helmeted and armored figure (possibly Samson) seated facing l., holding a lion's head from which fly 6 bees, with a serpent coiled around a tree stump at l.
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

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