Object Description
ALESSANDRO I DE' MEDICI (1510-37), Duke of Florence 1532 1534
Obv. Bust to right, in cuirass. Around, ALEX . M . FLORENTIAE . DVX . PRIMVS . .
Rev. Peace setting fire to the weapons of war. Around, . FVNDATOR . QVIETIS . M . D . XXX . IIII . ; in exergue, symbol of Mars
Bronze, struck, 36 mm.
Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 151,3; 3, p. 58; Morgenroth, no. 137; Supino, no. 251; Brescia i, p. 30, no. 198; MM. i, p. 199, pl. 44, 3; H. de la Tour, "Domenico di Polo, Medailleur et Graveur de Pierres Fines du Due Alexandre de Medicis," Congrès International de Numistmatique, Paris 1900, pp. 382-99, no. i; Heraeus, pl. 61, no. 10 (insc. variant ALEX . MED . FLORENTINE).