Description:
Obverse
The marzocco, a lion holding with its right forefoot a shield with the lily of Florence, symbol of republican liberty, from a sculpture realised by Donatello nowadays conserved at the Museo del Bargello in Florence.
Reverse
Drawn from a medal realised by Antonio di Puccio, called Pisanello, probably in 1447, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, first marquis of Mantova (1432-1444), advances on a horse with the typical forms of the art of Pisanello.
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