MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 2 000.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 2 000.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Ducat
Date: (1466-1476)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Gênes
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat d’or est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : °G: S: DUX: MEDIOLANI: D: IAN.
Obverse description : Portail génois sommé d’une guivre
dans un double polylobe fleuronné ; un annelet dans les angles.
Obverse translation : (Galéas Sforza, duc de Milan et de Gênes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CONRADUX: REX: ROMANO: P:.
Reverse description : Croix dans un double octolobe fleuronnée ; un annelet dans les angles.
Reverse translation : (Conrad II, roi des Romains).
Historical background
ITALY - LIGURIA - GENOA - 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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