Object Description
110 LODOVICO PORTOCARRERO (1629-1709), Cardinal 1669, Primate of Spain, Archbishop of Toledo and Viceroy of Sicily 1678
Obv. Bust to left, wearing biretta. Around, LVDOV . CARD . PORTOCARRERO . PROT . HISP . ARCH . TOLET . HISP . PRIMAS . A . CONS . STAT . | PROREX . ET . CAP . GEN . SICIL . TEN . GEN . MARIS . ORATOR . EXTR . AD . INNOC . XI . ; below, . MDCLXXVIII . ; on truncation, . lO . HAMERANVS . F . A
Rev. Fame atop a tall pedestal, above figures of four virtues at corners. Pedestal inscribed, HAC | DVCE | CVNCTA I PLA I CENT. At left, angels with symbols of cardinal and bishop, landscape, soldier with cannon. At right, castle, ship, cannon
Bronze, struck, 45 mm.
Portocarrero served as provisional viceroy of Sicily for less than a year, during which he was made archbishop of Toledo.
Bibl.: Brescia i, p. 137, no. 951; Siciliano, no. 56.