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Medal - Cecilia Gonzaga
| Location | Duchy of Mantua (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1447 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Cecilia Gonzaga in left profile, her hair elegantly dressed and bound, wearing a simply draped gown with embroidered detail at the shoulder. The circumferential Latin legend runs along the outer border of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Within a rocky landscape, a young semi-nude woman seated facing left rests her hand upon the head of a recumbent unicorn beside her, the beast rendered with flowing mane in fine relief. A crescent moon appears in the upper field, and to the right a tablet bearing the maker's inscription with a floral ornament above it. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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