1906

ITALY: AE medal, ND (1810), AU

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ITALY: AE medal, ND (1810), AU
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ITALY: AE medal, ND (1810), Forrer V-II/273, 42mm bronze medal by Guiseppe and Pietro Girometti for Francesco de Marchi, Italian military mountaineer, caver and engineer; FRANCISCVS DE MARCHI raound cuirassed bust facing right // NOVAE ARTIS / CASTROR. ET VRBIVM / MVNIENDARVM / ITALIS ET EXTERIS / AVCTORI MAXIMO, in five line legend surrounded by banded wreath, smooth edge stamped with a small Athena Head in an oval, signed on front under bust P. GIROMETTI F., a scarce original strike! About Unc. Part of a series by Guiseppe and Pietro Girometti of Celebrated Italians. Francesco de' Marchi (1504-1576) was an Italian soldier and military engineer, born in Bologna. He became a specialist in artillery and fortifications, and constructed defences in Rome for Pope Paul III.