Objekt 8102
Right of Coinage
Description
A town lord as mint master
«Testone» («head piece») and gold coin marking the granting of the right of coinage to Giovanni II Bentivoglio, the town lord of Bologna. The die was cut by Francesco Raibolini «Il Francia».
Object description
Bologna, Giovanni II Bentivoglio, half-ducat celebrating the right of coinage of 1494 and testone, c. 1495/1506
Gold and silver, struck
Inv. 1918.1432., 1918.1866. Amerbach-Kabinett