Portrait medal of Mehmed II (obverse) - BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI - WGA
Portrait medal of Mehmed II (obverse) by BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI
Portrait medal of Mehmed II (obverse) by BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI

Portrait medal of Mehmed II (obverse)

by BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI, Bronze, diameter 94 mm

Mehmed II, commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled from August 1444 to September 1446, and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.

The inscription around circumference: MAVMHET ASIE AC TRAPESVNZIS MAGNEQVE GRETIEIMPERAT.

The reverse of the medal depicts Triumphal Car with Greece, Trebizond, and Asia.

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