LEONI, Pompeo
(b. 1533, d. 1608, Madrid)

Ercole II d'Este (obverse)

1554
Cast bronze, diameter 67 mm
British Museum, London

The obverse of this medal shows the bust of Ercole II d'Este facing left, bearded, wearing an ornamented cuirass, a jewel suspended from a ribbon around his neck, and a fringed mantle knotted at the left shoulder. The border is beaded.

Inscription around circumference: HERCVLES ESTENSIS II FERR[ariae] DVX IIII; around right circumference: POMPEIVS.

The reverse of the medal shows the allegorical figure of Patience.