1 Grossone / 8 Soldi - Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Features

Issuer	Duchy of Milan (Milan, Italian States)
Duke	Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1466-1476)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1468-1474
Value	1 Grossone of 8 Soldi (⅖)
Currency	Lira (1155-1515)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.8 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 471717
References	MIR MI# 203 Alessandro Toffanin; 2024. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 11. Milano = Regional Italian Coins (2a edizione). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. , Crippa III# 9A Carlo Crippa; 1990. Le monete di Milano / Volume III. Durante la dominazione spagnola dal 1535 al 1706. Edizioni Crippa Numismatica, Milan, Italy. , MEC XII# 724 William R. Day Jr., Michael Matzke, Andrea Saccocci; 2016. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 12: Italy I - Northern Italy: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. , CNI V# 97/100 Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1914. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 5. Lombardia (Milano): Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy.

Obverse

Armored bust of the Duke right, in reeded inner circle. Small Visconti arms begins legend.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: GALEAZ · MA · SF · VICECOS · DVX · MELI · EC

Lettering (regular font): GALEAZ · MA · SF · VICECOS · DVX · MELI · EC

Translation: Galeazzo Maria Sforza Visconti Duke of Milan, etc.

Engraver: Ambrogio da Civate

Reverse

Saint Ambrose on horseback charging right toward soldiers.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: • S • AMBROSI'• MELI

Lettering (regular font): • S • AMBROSI'• MELI

Translation: Saint Ambrose of Milan

Mint

Milan, Italy

Comments

Day et al. in MEC 12 place this coin before the monetary reform of 1474.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1468-1474)

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