Medal: Sultan Mehmed II model 1480 (old aftercast) Bertoldo di Giovanni Italian A portrait of Sultan Mehmed II of Turkey (1430 – 1481),the Conqueror, is on the obverse, and a chariot drawn bytwo horses and led by Mars, abducting Greece,Trebizond, and Asia, decorates the reverse. The medalwas possibly commissioned by Lorenzo de’ Medici anddesigned by Bertoldo early in 1480. The reverse alludesto the preparations for an attack by Mehmed II onSouthern Italy, which greatly interested Lorenzode’ Medici. This old aftercase is probably from a lead original with much Medal: Sultan Mehmed II. Be
Medal: Sultan Mehmed II model 1480 (old aftercast) Bertoldo di Giovanni Italian A portrait of Sultan Mehmed II of Turkey (1430 – 1481),the Conqueror, is on the obverse, and a chariot drawn bytwo horses and led by Mars, abducting Greece,Trebizond, and Asia, decorates the reverse. The medalwas possibly commissioned by Lorenzo de’ Medici anddesigned by Bertoldo early in 1480. The reverse alludesto the preparations for an attack by Mehmed II onSouthern Italy, which greatly interested Lorenzode’ Medici. This old aftercase is probably from a lead original with much Medal: Sultan Mehmed II. Bertoldo di Giovanni (Italian, born Florence (?) ca. 1430–40, died 1491 Poggio a Caiano). model 1480 (old aftercast). Copper Medals
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