Attractive Medal of the Cinquecento
ITALY, Firenze (Repubblica). Giuliano de’ Medici. Duca di Nemours, 1479-1516. Æ Medal (33.5mm, 16.85 g, 5h). Adoption as Citizen and Baron of Rome. Later cast after an uncertain artist, circa 1513.
In the style of a Roman as. MAG IVLIANVS MEDICES, bare head left / Roma seated left on shields, holding Victory in right hand; C
onsenso P
ublico flanking; ROMA in exergue. Hill 889; Kress 241. VF, warm tan patina.