E-auction 55-24592 - fre_326966 - ITALY - LOMBARDY - PAVIA - GALEAZZO II VISCONTI Pegione ou gros de 1 sol et demi n.d. Pavie

ITALY - LOMBARDY - PAVIA - GALEAZZO II VISCONTI Pegione ou gros de 1 sol et demi n.d. Pavie XF

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Estimate :	200 €
Price :	70 €
Maximum bid :	85 €
End of the sale :	05 May 2014 17:06:30
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : Pegione ou gros de 1 sol et demi

Date: (1359-1378)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Pavie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 2,43 g.

Catalogue references :

CNI/IV.n° 12, p. 499 (pl. XLI, n° 1)

Obverse

Obverse legend : GALEAZ. VICECOMES. D. MEDIOLANI. PP. 3C.

Obverse description : Heaume, sur un écu, sommé d'une guivre ailée tenant un homme dans sa gueule ; de part et d'autre une branche à laquelle sont accrochés deux seaux.

Obverse translation : (Galéas, vicomte, duc de Milan).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .S. SIRVS* - *PAPIA*-*.

Reverse description : Saint Sirus mitré et nombé, assis de face, bénissant de sa main droite et tenant une crosse de sa main gauche, coupant la légende en bas.

Reverse translation : (Siant Sirus, Pavie).

Historical background

ITALY - LOMBARDY - PAVIA - GALEAZZO II VISCONTI

(1359-1378)

Following internal dissensions, Pavia fell in 1359 into the hands of the Visconti family of Milan. Galéas II Visconti, transferred his residence there in 1365. He died in 1378.