Issuing authority

Duchy of Ferrara

Kind: duchy
Region: Italy, Europe

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1497

Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: seven-headed monster. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-49; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 7.69 g.

Documented

Partial type record

modern coins

Coin — Ercole II d'Este, Ferrara, 1546

1546

Coin in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number A.301-1910), made in Ferrara, dated 1546. The museum's brief description reads: Coin, silver, Ercole II d'Este, unknown medallist, Italy (Ferrara), dated 1546. Museum description: Coin depicts on the obverse bust to left of Ercole, bearded, in armour. Ins…

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15th century1
16th century1

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