Cristoforo di Geremia (active 1456-76), bronze medal of Constantine the Great, PPP E SEMPER AVGVSTVS VIR CAESAR IMPERATOR PONT, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONCORIA AVG, Constantine standing, holding winged caduceus, clasping the hand of Ecclesia who holds a cornucopia, SC in exergue, signed on the ground CHRISTOPHORVS HIERIMIAE F, 72mm (Arm.I,312; Hill 755; Bargello I,157), a very sharp early cast with brown patina, pierced above Canstantine's head, good very fine

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Cristoforo di Geremia (active 1456-76), bronze medal of Constantine the Great, PPP E SEMPER AVGVSTVS VIR CAESAR IMPERATOR PONT, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. CONCORIA AVG, Constantine standing, holding winged caduceus, clasping the hand of Ecclesia who holds a cornucopia, SC in exergue, signed on the ground CHRISTOPHORVS HIERIMIAE F, 72mm (Arm.I,312; Hill 755; Bargello I,157), a very sharp early cast with brown patina, pierced above Canstantine's head, good very fine

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Apparently made in Rome on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor Frederick III.