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Dante Alighieri
Italian (Florence)
19th century
Object Place: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 51 mm (2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society
Accession Number98.1177
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Dante Alighieri (about 1265-1321).
Obverse: Profile bust of Dante looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "DANTE ALIGHIERI" and under bust "PROF.G.DURPÉ DIR. L.GORI INC".
Reverse: Inscribed within branches "NEL/SESTO CENTENARIO/DEL SUO GRAN FIGLIO/FIRENZE/PRIVA DELL'OSSA DI LUI SI RICONFORTA/NELLA DILETTA/EFFIGIE".
Obverse: Profile bust of Dante looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "DANTE ALIGHIERI" and under bust "PROF.G.DURPÉ DIR. L.GORI INC".
Reverse: Inscribed within branches "NEL/SESTO CENTENARIO/DEL SUO GRAN FIGLIO/FIRENZE/PRIVA DELL'OSSA DI LUI SI RICONFORTA/NELLA DILETTA/EFFIGIE".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "DANTE ALIGHIERI" and under bust "PROF.G.DURPÉ DIR. L.GORI INC".
Reverse: Inscribed within branches "NEL/SESTO CENTENARIO/DEL SUO GRAN FIGLIO/FIRENZE/PRIVA DELL'OSSA DI LUI SI RICONFORTA/NELLA DILETTA/EFFIGIE".
Reverse: Inscribed within branches "NEL/SESTO CENTENARIO/DEL SUO GRAN FIGLIO/FIRENZE/PRIVA DELL'OSSA DI LUI SI RICONFORTA/NELLA DILETTA/EFFIGIE".
ProvenanceBy 1898, Boston Numismatic Society; 1898, gift of the Boston Numismatic Society to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1898)