v24_1868 - ITALY - DUCHY OF MILAN - GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA Demi-teston ou grosso da 10 soldi n.d. Milan
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Type : Demi-teston ou grosso da 10 soldi
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Milan
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 896 ‰
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 5,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan très large et régulier. Le portrait est remarquablement bien venu à la frappe ainsi que l'ensemble du revers, mais usure superficielle visible sur la chevelure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (TÊTE DE SAINT AMBROISE) GALEAZ' M' SF' VICE'COS' DVX' MLI. QIT/.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé de Galéas Marie à droite.
Obverse translation : (Galéas Marie Sforza, vicomte et duc de Milan).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (TÊTE DE SAINT AMBROISE) PP' ANGLE' - Q3 - .CO' AC' IANVE' D'NS. 7C/.
Reverse description : Écu couronné aux armes de Milan, accosté des lettres G-M couronnées.
Historical background
ITALY - DUCHY OF MILAN - GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA
(1466-1476)
Galéas Marie Sforza, born in 1444 from the marriage of François Sforza and Blanche Marie Visconti, succeeded his father, who died in 1466 while he was in France in the service of Louis XI. He first married Dorothée de Gonzague, daughter of Louis, Marquis of Mantua then in second marriage, in 1468, Bonne de Savoie, daughter of Louis de Savoie. He exiled his mother to Cremona and ruled the Duchy of Milan as a tyrant. He reigned only ten years before being assassinated in 1476 while entering a church. His son, Jean-Galéas Sforza, succeeded him when he was only nine years old..
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