Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
451 g
Diameter
102.2 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Hammered
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Pisanello
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Bust of duke Philip Maria Visconty facing right, wearing soft-topped biretta
Obverse lettering
PHILIPPVS MARIA · ANGLVS · DVX · MEDIOLANI ·
ETCETERA · PAPIE · ANGLERIE · QVE · COMES · AC · GENVE · DOMINVS
✶ (Translation: Philippus Maria Anglus, duke of Milan and so forth, count of Pavia and Angera, and lord of Genoa.)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Duke Philip Maria Visconti in full armour on horseback facing left, wearing crested helmet, holding lance upright. To the right, front-facing armoured knight and page on horseback facing right. In the background, mountainous landscape with buildings and colossal female statue at the top right.
Reverse lettering
OPVS ·
PISANI · PICTORIS (Translation: Work of Pisani, the painter.)