BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI
(b. ca. 1420, d. 1491, Poggio a Caiano)

Antonio Gratiadei (obverse)

c. 1480
Bronze, diameter 61 mm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

The obverse of the medal portrays Antonio Gratiadei (Graziadei), Franciscan abbot, theologian and Imperial Envoy (died 1491).

The inscription around the circumference : ANTONIVS GRATIA DEI CESAREVS ORATOR; around bottom circumference: MORTALIVM CVRA.

The reverse depicts the Triumphal Car with Mercury and the Muses.