- Personage:
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Costanzo Sforza
Costanzo Sforza, (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro from 1473. His father, Allessandro, on obverse.
- Artist:
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Gianfrancesco Enzola of Parma
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Medallist, Goldsmith, Die Engraver, Parma (1455-1478).
The most prolific medallist of the 15th Century (48 medals), lived mostly in Ferrara; 5 years in Venice and 10 years in Bologna. Also worked in Milano, Faenza and Padova.
- Description:
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Obverse: · CONSTANTlVS · SFORTIA · DEARAGONIA · FILIVS · BENEMERITO · PARENTI · DD · M · CCCCLXXV · Scene: Costanzo with ‘zazzera’, wearing plate-armour over mail. Inscr. on a raised band; pearled border.
Reverse: · ALEXANDRO · SFORTIAE · DIVI · SFORTIAE · FILIO · IMPERATORI · INVICTISS · Scene: Alexandro, elderly, in plate-armour over mail. Inscr. and border as on obv.
- Background:
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Cast in 1475.
- Diameter:
- 77 mm. Bronze cast.
- Evaluation:
- Inferior cast.
- Reference:
- Hill 293; Arm. I, 45, 11; Pollard 139 = Kress 96.