TURKEY
Mohammed II or Mehmet II the Conqueror (1451-1481)
Medal, in bronze, by Costanzo da Ferrara, 1481, 458g, 115mm, turbaned bust left, SVLTANI MOHAMMETH OCTHOMANI VGVLI BIZANTII INPERATORIS 1481, rev. sultan on horseback left in a landscape MOHAMETH ASIE ET ERETIE INPERATORIS YMAGO EQVESTRIS IN EXERCITVS (Armand, I, 78, 1 var).
Notice: this medal has a modified legend ERETIE instead of GRETIE on reverse.
PROVENANCE: Dupriez
Rare, later strike, cleaned, very fine.