Marguerite de Foix
Medallic Coin
1516 (dated)
1516 (dated)
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This is a medallic coin, a special category. The medal is struck, not cast, and represents some sort of currency, although it was perhaps never meant for circulation. It represents forty grossi. The grosso is a coin, which had first appeared in Venice in the early 13th century and was present in Milan, when Lodovico II of Saluzzo was striking his coins.
This medal depicts Marguerite de Foix (1473-1536), the second wife of Lodovico II of Saluzzo.
This medal depicts Marguerite de Foix (1473-1536), the second wife of Lodovico II of Saluzzo.
Object details
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| Title | Marguerite de Foix (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Medallic coin, silver struck, Marguerite de Foix, unknown medallist, France or Italy, dated 1516 |
| Physical description | Medallic coin depicts on the obverse the bust to left of Marguerite, wearing a widow's coif with a long veil. Inscription. On the reverse an escutcheon hanging from a leafless tree, on which a bird perches. Inscription. |
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| Object history | From the Salting bequest. This is a medallic coin, a special category. The medal is struck, not cast, and represents some sort of currency, although it was perhaps never meant for circulation. It represents forty grossi. The grosso is a coin, which had first appeared in Venice in the early 13th century and was present in Milan, when Lodovico II of Saluzzo was striking his coins. |
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| Summary | This is a medallic coin, a special category. The medal is struck, not cast, and represents some sort of currency, although it was perhaps never meant for circulation. It represents forty grossi. The grosso is a coin, which had first appeared in Venice in the early 13th century and was present in Milan, when Lodovico II of Saluzzo was striking his coins. This medal depicts Marguerite de Foix (1473-1536), the second wife of Lodovico II of Saluzzo. |
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| Accession number | A.342-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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