Mehmed II
c.1450 - c. 1525
Costanzo da Ferrara
Italian
Obverse:
Profile bust of Mehmed looking to proper right, wearing turban
and cape; inscribed at edge in band
"SVLTANI·MOHAMMETH·OCTHOMANI·VGVLI·
BIZANTII·INPERATORIS·1481".
Reverse:
Mehmed on horseback looking to proper right in landscape;
inscribed at edge in band
"MOHAMETH·ASIE·ETCRETIE·INPERATORIS·YMAGO·
EQVESTRIS·INEXERCITVS" and below horse "OPVS/CONSTANTII".
Cast bronze