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Mehmed II

Bertoldo di Giovanni (Italian (Florence), 1420–1491)

about 1480

Place of ManufactureFlorence, Italy

Medium/TechniqueMetal; cast bronze

DimensionsDiameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour

Accession number68.552

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ClassificationsNumismatics

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InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "MAVMhET ASIE ACTRAPESUNZIS MAGNE QVE GRETIE IMPERAT·" ["Mehmed, emperor of Asia and also Trebizond and Magna Graecia"]. Reverse: Inscribed above three nudes "GRETIE" ["Greece"] and "TRAPESVNTY" ["Trebizond"] and "ASIA" ["Asia"] and at bottom between two reclining nudes "BERTOLDI/FLORENTIN/SCVLTOR/IS".ProvenanceBy 1968, Cyril Humphris, London; 1968, sold by Cyril Humphris to the MFA. (Accession date: September 11, 1968)