A BRONZE MEDALLION IN THE EFFIGY OF TURKEY

Reference: ART3002677

Bronze medallion with the effigy of Mehmet II. 11 cm. diam.

Inscription: SULTANI MOHAMMETH OCTHOMANI UGULI BYZANTI IMPERATORIS 1481 / of Sultan Mehmet, son of Othman Oglou, emperor of Byzantium. A medal with the same inscription is kept at the Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France, n ° G5, cf. Catalog du Mersan, 1840, p. 36