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Cardinal George d'Amboise
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Georges d'Amboise
Cardinal George d'Amboise
French
about 1600–35
Mint: Monnaie du Moulin, Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; struck bronze
Dimensions
Coin or medal: 53 mm, 12h
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.821
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Cardinal George d'Amboise (1460-1510), commemorating when King Louis XII ordered him to govern Milan (1500). Beaded rim on both faces.
Obverse: Profile bust of Cardinal d'Amboise looking to proper right, wearing a short cap; inscribed at edge "GEORGIVS·DAMBOISE·S·AE·R·CARD". [Georges d'Amboise Cardnial of the Holy Roman Church].
Reverse: View of a Milan with the sun and rays above; inscribed at edge in a band "·SALVAT·VBI*LVCET·1500·" and in exergue "MEDIOL". [He saves where he illuminates, 1500; Milan].
Obverse: Profile bust of Cardinal d'Amboise looking to proper right, wearing a short cap; inscribed at edge "GEORGIVS·DAMBOISE·S·AE·R·CARD". [Georges d'Amboise Cardnial of the Holy Roman Church].
Reverse: View of a Milan with the sun and rays above; inscribed at edge in a band "·SALVAT·VBI*LVCET·1500·" and in exergue "MEDIOL". [He saves where he illuminates, 1500; Milan].
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "GEORGIVS·DAMBOISE·S·AE·R·CARD". [Georges d'Amboise Cardnial of the Holy Roman Church].
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·SALVAT·VBI*LVCET·1500·" and in exergue "MEDIOL". [He saves where he illuminates, 1500; Milan].
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "·SALVAT·VBI*LVCET·1500·" and in exergue "MEDIOL". [He saves where he illuminates, 1500; Milan].
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)