Condottieri Medals 17, Bronze, 1472–1472 AD. Obverse: ercole d’este facing left, wearing a brocaded dress decorated with a big jewel, and a cap with a fluted crown with another piece of jewellery pinned at the side. Reverse: young nude hercules leaning on a club and holding a shield with the este device, three columns emerge from water. Weight about 72.4 g, diameter 56.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 72.44g (1) |
| ruler | Ercole I d’Este | diameter | ⌀56.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 12↕ (1) |
| material | Bronze | technique | Cast |
| country | Mediterranean | dataset |
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obverse
Ercole d’Este facing left, wearing a brocaded dress decorated with a big jewel, and a cap with a fluted crown with another piece of jewellery pinned at the side
reverse
Young nude Hercules leaning on a club and holding a shield with the Este device, three columns emerge from water
specimens (3)
British Museum (RMO)
SITNAM
72.44g
⌀56.0
12↕
British Museum (RMO)
Cite this coin
Condottieri Medals 17 (cm.17), 1472–1472 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/condottieri-medals-17/ (accessed: 2026-10-07). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA