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GIANFRANCESCO ENZOLA OF PARMA
flaming torse; in field 1. and r. two small stars
and • v • • F • Border of wedges between two
plain circles.
Rev. IO • FRANCISC1 PARMENSIS • OPVS • A
square donjon, &c., all as on no. 280 (same die).
Struck.
Arm. I, 44, 5 (42 mm.). Litta, Rossi, no. i (Mus. Salina,
Bologna). Hab., Pl. Ivii, i. [a. obv. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, 42 mm. Friedl., p. 120, no. 10, Pl. xxi
and Die gepr. ital. Med.., Pl. i, 11. (b) Copenhagen,
\39 mm. Cast, (c) London,->41-5 mm. Bad cast.
(d) Milan (Brera), ->41 mm. Cast, (e) Naples, 43 mm.
Rin., no. 40.
The pilgrim-staves allude to the lady’s name.
ORDELAFFI (Cecco), Lord of ForlL
283. Obv. CICVS • III • ORDELAPHVS • FOR1LIVI1
• P • P • AC • PRINCEPS Bust 1., wearing shirt of
mail under plate; on the breast, a winged hand
holding a weapon (?). Pearled border. Across
field, • V* -F*
•M*
CCCCL VII
Rev. SIC • MEAVITALI PATR1AESTMI CHI CA
RIORAVRA Ordelaffi, as Curtius, in full armour,
with crest of Pelican in her piety on helmet,
sword erect in r., advancing on horseback
slowly 1.; before him, flames springing from
ground. Below the horse • IO • FR • | parmen|
SIS Pearled border.
Arm. I, 43, 2 (48 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, xvi, 4. Friedl.,
p. 116, no. 2. Hab., Pl. Ivii, 4. \e. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, 48 mm. Simon, no. 127. (Z>) London (Bank
of England Gift), f 46 mm. After-cast, (c) Milan
(Brera),lead. Litta,Ordelaffi(inaccurate). Bad. (^Pa-
ris, f 47 mm. (e) Vienna, 48 mm.
A much modified and blundered copy of this was in the
Rosenheim Collection (j147 mm.). Sale Catal. (1923), lot 37.
p.p
• on obv. for Pater Patriae.
SFORZA (Francesco I and Galeazzo
Maria).
284. Obv. Same as obv. of no. 281.
Rev. (Biscione) GALEAZMARIASFORTIA • VICE
COMES • FR • SFORTIAE • MLI • DVC1S • HH • PRIMO
GEN'S Bust 1. of Galeazzo Maria in shirt of
mail (and surcoat? with floral decoration on
breast); across field • V • • F • and MCCCC LVlill
Border of lentoids.
Struck.
Arm. I, 44, 7 (43 mm.). Hab., Pl. Ivii, 3. [/. rev. Pl. 45.]
(a, b) Avignon, Mus. Calvet, two specimens, cast, f 44
and f 43 mm. (c) Berlin, 42 mm. Friedl., p. 116,
no. 3, Pl. xxi. Cast, (d) Brescia (Martinengo), 43 mm.
Rizz., no. 72. (e) Florence, 43 mm. Sup., no. 52.
Good. (/) London, f 43-5 mm. Keary, no. 37.
S.I.M., Pl. 16, 1. (g-) Another, ex Rosenheim (Sale
Catal., no. 36), f 42-5 mm., pres, by Miss Helen Far-
quhar. Both cast, (h) London, V. A. M. (Soulages
720-1865), | 43 mm. (/) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 43 mm.
(j) Another (Brera), f 43 mm. Litta, Sforza, no. 5.
283-7
(k-m) Naples, 43 mm. Rin., nos. 43-5. (ri) Vienna,
silver, 42 mm., after-cast, chased, end of inscr. altered
to DVCIS• FIL’PRINCEPS
Not signed, but authenticated by the identity of its obverse
with that of no. 281. Struck specimens, if any survive, are
excessively rare.
A small plaquette in the British Museum (44-5 x 27 mm.)
cast from this portrait of Galeazzo Maria has the following
false inscr. incised on the reverse : CAPILLx | COLLEO |
BERG | COPSRE | D • SVMM | B M (cp. Arm. II, 72, 12 ;
J. C. Robinson, Catal., no. 129; F.Malaguzzi-Valeri, LaCorte
diLodovico il Moro, iii (1917), p. 359, c). There is a sixteenth-
century marble relief with a fancy portrait of Capilliata
Colleoni (Captain-General of the Church under Urban V)
in the Musee Jacquemart-Andrd, no. 896 (Les Arts,
Sept. 1914, p. 5).
MANFREDI (Taddeo), Count of Faenza.
285. Obv. TADEVS • MANFREDVS • COMESFAVEN
TIEIMOLEOT • D • ACINCLITIGV1DAT11 • and in field
1. VN1|CVS I geni|tv Bust 1. wearing plate over
shirt of mail; in field 1. V, r. F, and, below, 1461.
Pearled border.
Rev. SOLA V1RTVS HOM1 MEM • FELICITAT A
nearly nude female figure seated r. on a cippus,
drapery over legs and flying behind her 1.
shoulder; wears boots and necklace and on
her knee is a bearded mask; r. rests on sword,
point to ground, 1. on a wheel; she looks up
at sun; behind her, winged putto holding
caduceus in 1.; on the cippus AC I CE | DA; in
exergue opvs | IO • FR • PARhEWSls Pearled
border.
Arm. I, 43, 1 (44 mm.). F. Argnani, Cenni stor. sulla
Zecca . . . de' Manfredi (Faenza, 1886), Pl. ii, 1. Tres. de
Num. II, xviii, 2. R. Galli in Cronache d Arte, iii (1926),
pp. 235, 238. . [d. Pl. 45.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 45 mm. Rizz., no. 70. (6) Faen-
za, Pinacoteca. R. Galli, loc. cit. (c) Florence, 44 mm.
Sup., no. 50. Litta, Manfredi, no. 1 (inaccurate). Good.
(d) London (George III), f 45 mm. S.I.M., Pl. 16, 3.
(e) Milan, (Brera), 44 mm. Friedl., p. 116, no. 4. Bad
specimen, (f) Vienna, 44 mm. After-cast.
REVERSE of a MEDAL, or PLA-
QUETTE.
286. • IHOANMISFRANCISI • FENZOLE • AVR1FICIS •
PARNENSIS • OPVS • 1467 • Four nude winged
putti, with crepundia (?), playing; one on 1. has
a tambourine; the next is seated on a tortoise
and has a dog at his knees; between third and
fourth, who hold instruments of some kind, is
a crab. Inscr. between circles of lentoids.
Arm. I, 46, 13 (63 mm.); HI, 88, ee. Friedl., p. 120.
[d. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, lead, 65 mm. Bode, Amtl. Ber. (Mar. 1911),
p. 121 (fig.), (b) Vienna, 64 mm., after-cast attached to
a medal attr. to Pastorino. Arm. HI, 88, ee.
REVERSE of a MEDAL, or PLA-
QUETTE.
287. St George, with inscr. OPVS • IOHAN1S •
FRANCISCl • PARMENSIS • 1469
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flaming torse; in field 1. and r. two small stars
and • v • • F • Border of wedges between two
plain circles.
Rev. IO • FRANCISC1 PARMENSIS • OPVS • A
square donjon, &c., all as on no. 280 (same die).
Struck.
Arm. I, 44, 5 (42 mm.). Litta, Rossi, no. i (Mus. Salina,
Bologna). Hab., Pl. Ivii, i. [a. obv. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, 42 mm. Friedl., p. 120, no. 10, Pl. xxi
and Die gepr. ital. Med.., Pl. i, 11. (b) Copenhagen,
\39 mm. Cast, (c) London,->41-5 mm. Bad cast.
(d) Milan (Brera), ->41 mm. Cast, (e) Naples, 43 mm.
Rin., no. 40.
The pilgrim-staves allude to the lady’s name.
ORDELAFFI (Cecco), Lord of ForlL
283. Obv. CICVS • III • ORDELAPHVS • FOR1LIVI1
• P • P • AC • PRINCEPS Bust 1., wearing shirt of
mail under plate; on the breast, a winged hand
holding a weapon (?). Pearled border. Across
field, • V* -F*
•M*
CCCCL VII
Rev. SIC • MEAVITALI PATR1AESTMI CHI CA
RIORAVRA Ordelaffi, as Curtius, in full armour,
with crest of Pelican in her piety on helmet,
sword erect in r., advancing on horseback
slowly 1.; before him, flames springing from
ground. Below the horse • IO • FR • | parmen|
SIS Pearled border.
Arm. I, 43, 2 (48 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, xvi, 4. Friedl.,
p. 116, no. 2. Hab., Pl. Ivii, 4. \e. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, 48 mm. Simon, no. 127. (Z>) London (Bank
of England Gift), f 46 mm. After-cast, (c) Milan
(Brera),lead. Litta,Ordelaffi(inaccurate). Bad. (^Pa-
ris, f 47 mm. (e) Vienna, 48 mm.
A much modified and blundered copy of this was in the
Rosenheim Collection (j147 mm.). Sale Catal. (1923), lot 37.
p.p
• on obv. for Pater Patriae.
SFORZA (Francesco I and Galeazzo
Maria).
284. Obv. Same as obv. of no. 281.
Rev. (Biscione) GALEAZMARIASFORTIA • VICE
COMES • FR • SFORTIAE • MLI • DVC1S • HH • PRIMO
GEN'S Bust 1. of Galeazzo Maria in shirt of
mail (and surcoat? with floral decoration on
breast); across field • V • • F • and MCCCC LVlill
Border of lentoids.
Struck.
Arm. I, 44, 7 (43 mm.). Hab., Pl. Ivii, 3. [/. rev. Pl. 45.]
(a, b) Avignon, Mus. Calvet, two specimens, cast, f 44
and f 43 mm. (c) Berlin, 42 mm. Friedl., p. 116,
no. 3, Pl. xxi. Cast, (d) Brescia (Martinengo), 43 mm.
Rizz., no. 72. (e) Florence, 43 mm. Sup., no. 52.
Good. (/) London, f 43-5 mm. Keary, no. 37.
S.I.M., Pl. 16, 1. (g-) Another, ex Rosenheim (Sale
Catal., no. 36), f 42-5 mm., pres, by Miss Helen Far-
quhar. Both cast, (h) London, V. A. M. (Soulages
720-1865), | 43 mm. (/) Milan (Med. Mun.), f 43 mm.
(j) Another (Brera), f 43 mm. Litta, Sforza, no. 5.
283-7
(k-m) Naples, 43 mm. Rin., nos. 43-5. (ri) Vienna,
silver, 42 mm., after-cast, chased, end of inscr. altered
to DVCIS• FIL’PRINCEPS
Not signed, but authenticated by the identity of its obverse
with that of no. 281. Struck specimens, if any survive, are
excessively rare.
A small plaquette in the British Museum (44-5 x 27 mm.)
cast from this portrait of Galeazzo Maria has the following
false inscr. incised on the reverse : CAPILLx | COLLEO |
BERG | COPSRE | D • SVMM | B M (cp. Arm. II, 72, 12 ;
J. C. Robinson, Catal., no. 129; F.Malaguzzi-Valeri, LaCorte
diLodovico il Moro, iii (1917), p. 359, c). There is a sixteenth-
century marble relief with a fancy portrait of Capilliata
Colleoni (Captain-General of the Church under Urban V)
in the Musee Jacquemart-Andrd, no. 896 (Les Arts,
Sept. 1914, p. 5).
MANFREDI (Taddeo), Count of Faenza.
285. Obv. TADEVS • MANFREDVS • COMESFAVEN
TIEIMOLEOT • D • ACINCLITIGV1DAT11 • and in field
1. VN1|CVS I geni|tv Bust 1. wearing plate over
shirt of mail; in field 1. V, r. F, and, below, 1461.
Pearled border.
Rev. SOLA V1RTVS HOM1 MEM • FELICITAT A
nearly nude female figure seated r. on a cippus,
drapery over legs and flying behind her 1.
shoulder; wears boots and necklace and on
her knee is a bearded mask; r. rests on sword,
point to ground, 1. on a wheel; she looks up
at sun; behind her, winged putto holding
caduceus in 1.; on the cippus AC I CE | DA; in
exergue opvs | IO • FR • PARhEWSls Pearled
border.
Arm. I, 43, 1 (44 mm.). F. Argnani, Cenni stor. sulla
Zecca . . . de' Manfredi (Faenza, 1886), Pl. ii, 1. Tres. de
Num. II, xviii, 2. R. Galli in Cronache d Arte, iii (1926),
pp. 235, 238. . [d. Pl. 45.]
(a) Brescia (Brozzoni), 45 mm. Rizz., no. 70. (6) Faen-
za, Pinacoteca. R. Galli, loc. cit. (c) Florence, 44 mm.
Sup., no. 50. Litta, Manfredi, no. 1 (inaccurate). Good.
(d) London (George III), f 45 mm. S.I.M., Pl. 16, 3.
(e) Milan, (Brera), 44 mm. Friedl., p. 116, no. 4. Bad
specimen, (f) Vienna, 44 mm. After-cast.
REVERSE of a MEDAL, or PLA-
QUETTE.
286. • IHOANMISFRANCISI • FENZOLE • AVR1FICIS •
PARNENSIS • OPVS • 1467 • Four nude winged
putti, with crepundia (?), playing; one on 1. has
a tambourine; the next is seated on a tortoise
and has a dog at his knees; between third and
fourth, who hold instruments of some kind, is
a crab. Inscr. between circles of lentoids.
Arm. I, 46, 13 (63 mm.); HI, 88, ee. Friedl., p. 120.
[d. Pl. 45.]
(a) Berlin, lead, 65 mm. Bode, Amtl. Ber. (Mar. 1911),
p. 121 (fig.), (b) Vienna, 64 mm., after-cast attached to
a medal attr. to Pastorino. Arm. HI, 88, ee.
REVERSE of a MEDAL, or PLA-
QUETTE.
287. St George, with inscr. OPVS • IOHAN1S •
FRANCISCl • PARMENSIS • 1469
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