Italian contemporaries
![]() Bronce medal 1494 Ø 29 mm, 11,93 g. RM I p.22 n.7; Armand I, 104,1. Hill 606. On the occasion of the awarding of minting rights by Emperor Maximilian. Obv.: IOANNES BENTIVO - LVS - II BONONIENSIS Rev.: ·MA / XIMILIANI· / IMPERATORIS / ·MVNVS· / M·CCCCLXXXX / IIII· "In the service of emperor Maximilian 1495"
![]() Testone, Bologna, n. d. after 1494. Ø 28 mm, 9,72 g. CNI 34/43; RM I p.23 n.8; MIR 43. ·IOANNES·BENTIVO - LVS·II·BONONIENSIS // MAXIMILIANI· - ·IMPERA·MVNVS· Similar to the following, but without a visible ear.
![]() Doppio Ducato, Bologna, after 1494. Ø 27 mm, 6,84 g. CNI IV p.2 n.3; RM I p.19 n.2; Friedb.59. Dies from goldsmith and painter Francesco Francia. Obv.: ·IOANNES·BENTIV - OLVS·II·BONONIENSIS Brustbild mit Barett n. r., Ohr schaut aus den langen Haaren hervor. Rev.: MAXIMILIANI - IMPERAtoris·MVNVS Shield with four fields (imperial eagle / Bentivoglios coat of arms), crowned helmet and eagle.
![]() Ducato, Bologna, after 1494. Ø 22 mm, 3,42 g. CNI IV p.2 n.3; RM I p.20 n.2; Friedb.60. IOANNES·BENTIVOLVS·II·BONONIEN: // ·MAXIMIL - IANI·MVNVS·
![]() Cast bronze medal, c. 1462 by Sperandio Savelli. Ø 105 mm, 492 g. Specimen from Coin Cabinet, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ![]() Obv.: ·IOANES·BETIVOLVS·BO - NON LIBERTATIS·PRINCEPS· - Büste links, Mütze und Kette. Rev.: ·OPVS SPERANDEI· - Zwei Putten halten den Wappenschild der Bentivoglio.
![]() Cast bronze medal, c.1478-82 by Sperandio Savelli. Ø 97 mm, 306 g. Specimen in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC ![]() Obv.: ✿IOannes·BENTivolus·II·HANnIBalis·FILIVS·EQVES·AC·COMES·PATRIÆ·PRINCEPS·AC· LIBERTATIS·COLVMEN - Bust to right, in cap and plate-armor. Rev.: ·OPVS·S - P - ERANDEI· - Giovanni in armor riding to left, trapper of the horse adorned with Bentivoglio arms. Behind him, seen from the front, mounted squire. |
Ref.:
• Bollettino di Numismatica on-line No.13: La zecca di Bologna III: 1464-1506 ![]() Signoria dei Bentivoglio. • Corpus Nummorum Italicorum [CNI], vol. IV (Bentivoglio -> Antignate). - Indice vol. IV ![]() • Ravegnani Morosini, M. [RM]: Signorie e principati - monete italiane con ritratto, 1450-1796. Vol.1, 1984. • Varesi, Alberto [MIR]: Monete Italiane Regionali (MIR-3) - Emilia. Ed. Varesi, 1996. |