Medal of Cosimo dei Medici Artist: Unknown
Ruler: Cosimo de' Medici, Italian, 1389–1464

after 1465

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

201.95 g, 12:00, 79 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Robert Lehman, B.A. 1913, and Joseph A. Thomas, B.A. 1928

Accession Number

1959.13.22

Geography

Made in Florence, Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

15th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MAGNVS COSIMVS MEDICES P P P Bust of Cosimo de' Medici in Florentine hat l.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: .PAX LIBERTASQVE PVBLICA around, FLORENTIA in exergue. Female figure seated l. on curule chair with back holding branch of oak over shoulder in l. and globe in extended r.
Provenance
Robert Lehman and Joseph A. Thomas, New York, to 1959; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

medals

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