Rocher balayé par le vent - Federico Landi et Placidia Spinola ND front Rocher balayé par le vent - Federico Landi et Placidia Spinola ND back
Rocher balayé par le vent - Federico Landi et Placidia Spinola ND photo
Obverse © livre Luigi Pigorini 1863 – Reverse © https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anonimo,_medaglia_di_federigo_landi,_stemma_landi.JPG (CC BY-NC-SA)

Rocher balayé par le vent - Federico Landi et Placidia Spinola ND

 
Bronze - 75 mm
Description
Location
Principality of Compiano (Italian States)
Prince
Federico Landi (1590-1630)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Composition
Bronze
Diameter
75 mm
Shape
Round
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#389705
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Within a crowned shield, the Landi and Spinola coats of arms adorned with two caryatids.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DON . FED . LANDVS . PLAC . SPINOLA . SACRI . ROMANI . EMPERII . AC . VALLIS . PRINCIPES . IIII .

Comment

Medal probably struck when Federico Landi took over the government of his states and first used the windswept rock for commercial purposes.


Pigorini page 65-III-14