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![Dante Alighieri, Florentine Poet, 1265-1321 [obverse], late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/RJqClIIZuCf6wHiLSCv1Wd-scJs=/fit-in/224x/2820743.jpg "Dante Alighieri, Florentine Poet, 1265-1321 [obverse], late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.")
![Dante before the Mountain of Purgatory [reverse], late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/ho5wOcTqhCGoykgIGHorU-SEecY=/fit-in/224x/2820744.jpg "Dante before the Mountain of Purgatory [reverse], late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.")
![Fernando as Hercules Plucking the Apples of the Hesperides [reverse]. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/Bbq3Bqlz3KuGq5fMEG6c64pxpLs=/fit-in/224x/2820794.jpg "Fernando as Hercules Plucking the Apples of the Hesperides [reverse]. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1538-1600, Milanese Painter and Theorist [obverse], c. 1560. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/eCOeDaqlwX_7gqlS3dHnr0OZ0AM=/fit-in/224x/2820797.jpg "Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1538-1600, Milanese Painter and Theorist [obverse], c. 1560. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Lomazzo Presented to Mercury by Fortune [reverse], c. 1560. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/wk-KkuO6_dAq4ALrBr0VrY_1v4o=/fit-in/224x/2820798.jpg "Lomazzo Presented to Mercury by Fortune [reverse], c. 1560. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Fernando Francesco II d'Avalos, c. 1530-1571, Marquess of Pescara [obverse]. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/Jr5xu0zwmSItZZ4DqPEaEan3Qkw=/fit-in/224x/2820799.jpg "Fernando Francesco II d'Avalos, c. 1530-1571, Marquess of Pescara [obverse]. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Battle under City Walls [reverse], c. 1550. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/JA4Z5AevYzg5oRfkKszcDMEeyUg=/fit-in/224x/2820801.jpg "Battle under City Walls [reverse], c. 1550. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Castaldi in Armor with Other Figures [reverse], mid 16th century. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/C6PSrPoh3WBWRHjLRJFD7GqhQHw=/fit-in/224x/2820802.jpg "Castaldi in Armor with Other Figures [reverse], mid 16th century. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Giambattista Castaldi, died 1562, Count Piadena, General of Charles V [obverse], mid 16th century. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/TNOf9HQUAAl_74J9klEUTfDGMG8=/fit-in/224x/2820803.jpg "Giambattista Castaldi, died 1562, Count Piadena, General of Charles V [obverse], mid 16th century. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Gonsalvo de Cordoba, 1443-1515, called the Great Captain [obverse], c. 1550. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/E370j9b6Vu2JJCuH6Ym4CQTAwkY=/fit-in/224x/2820804.jpg "Gonsalvo de Cordoba, 1443-1515, called the Great Captain [obverse], c. 1550. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Conquest of Transylvania [reverse], c. 1562. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/TbSA_Wpjm6S4FU-touQY_5Jnfnw=/fit-in/224x/2820805.jpg "Conquest of Transylvania [reverse], c. 1562. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Giambattista Castaldi, died 1562, Count Piadena, General of Charles V [obverse], c. 1562. Creator: Annibale Fontana.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/HYYCIG-fKh34rZW6tcIrXC2DPtI=/fit-in/224x/2820806.jpg "Giambattista Castaldi, died 1562, Count Piadena, General of Charles V [obverse], c. 1562. Creator: Annibale Fontana.")
![Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, 1441-1518, Marshal of France 1499 [obverse], c. 1499. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/0NTncHOzLhiwJsUkvfhB9KrlsWg=/fit-in/224x/2820807.jpg "Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, 1441-1518, Marshal of France 1499 [obverse], c. 1499. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere, 1443-1513), Pope 1503 [obverse], c. 1506. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/fkxy5R7kRk6MNKQ8hZacwY7zSFU=/fit-in/224x/2820808.jpg "Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere, 1443-1513), Pope 1503 [obverse], c. 1506. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Inscription [reverse], c. 1499. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/Q_02qbmITS_KdxA1Ou1uIN9WoR8=/fit-in/224x/2820810.jpg "Inscription [reverse], c. 1499. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Architecture Holding a Compass and Square [reverse]. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/sOGFY8ED3u8nUppOcrGcfhkeq6s=/fit-in/224x/2820811.jpg "Architecture Holding a Compass and Square [reverse]. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Donato Bramante, c. 1444-1514, Architect [obverse]. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/FHX607NaPj9kxyF5uFm_TRLSWIk=/fit-in/224x/2820812.jpg "Donato Bramante, c. 1444-1514, Architect [obverse]. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![View of Saint Peter's [reverse], 1506. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/_IKX379bvydwIppCH3P8CsUKGNA=/fit-in/224x/2820813.jpg "View of Saint Peter's [reverse], 1506. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Orsini Riding [reverse], 1485/1495. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/BrD9E-Nhs9uifOW3Al2OFaxohzo=/fit-in/224x/2820814.jpg "Orsini Riding [reverse], 1485/1495. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![The Doge of Genoa [reverse], c. 1488. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/LIuswQJolDRRqOhWkIPYcOXh0v8=/fit-in/224x/2820815.jpg "The Doge of Genoa [reverse], c. 1488. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Lodovico Maria Sforza, called il Moro, 1452-1508, 7th Duke of Milan 1494-1500 [obverse], c. 1488. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/SxaoKiXmTE3791lRj0CrROMyV4E=/fit-in/224x/2820816.jpg "Lodovico Maria Sforza, called il Moro, 1452-1508, 7th Duke of Milan 1494-1500 [obverse], c. 1488. Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")
![Niccolo Orsini, 1442-1510, Count of Pitigliano and Nola, Captain of the Army..., [obverse], 1485/149 Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.](https://d21cmcylgnyv91.cloudfront.net/ZCcshROaG4DeLejJRlh18ge1emA=/fit-in/224x/2820817.jpg "Niccolo Orsini, 1442-1510, Count of Pitigliano and Nola, Captain of the Army..., [obverse], 1485/149 Creator: Cristoforo Foppa.")