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After the year following the death of Cosimo de' Medici, a medal was coined in his honour by the order from the officials of the Commune of Florence. On this medal he is identified as the Pater Patriae, "Father of the Country". On the reverse side of the medal the allegorical figure represents Florence: she holds an orb and triple olive branch. The inscription reads, in part, Pax et Libertas (Peace and Liberty).
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