Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ, Venise, c. 1300. Gold repoussé medallion under glass inset within a bronze clasp, 3.4 x 2.4 cm. Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Mrs. Norman S. Jeavons © The Cleveland Museum of Art. 

This brooch was probably made to fasten a ceremonial cloak, and may have been intended as a diplomatic gift or memento. The central composition parallels the main face of the famous gold coin, a ducat, of the Venetian Doge Giovanni Dandolo minted in 1288-1289. Unlike the coin, the medallion is neither struck or diecast; it is tooled and chased, making it one of a kind.