1 Testone - Louis XII

Features

Issuer	Duchy of Milan (Milan, Italian States)
Duke	Louis XII of France (1499-1512)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1508-1511
Value	1 Teston
Currency	Lira (1155-1515)
Composition	Silver
Weight	9.6 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 117927
References	MIR MI# 236 Alessandro Toffanin; 2024. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 11. Milano = Regional Italian Coins (2a edizione). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. , N&V# 227 Raffaele Negrini, Alberto Varesi; 1991. La Monetazione di Milano: dal 756 al 1802 = The Coinage of Milan. Numismatica viscontea, Milan, Italy. , CNI V# 209 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. , Dy royales# 723 Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). , Ciani Royales# 997-1001 Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. , MB# 22 Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes). , Crippa II# 282 Carlo Crippa; 1986. Le monete di Milano / Volume II. Dai Visconti agli Sforza dal 1329 al 1535. Edizioni Crippa Numismatica, Milan, Italy.

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Obverse

Capped bust to right in reeded inner circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + LVDOVICVS · D G · FRANCOR · REX

Translation: Louis, by God's grace King of the French ...

Reverse

St. Ambrose on horseback, galloping to right, small shield of crowned French arms below.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MEDIOLANI ·DVX

Translation: ... Duke of Milan

Mint

Milan, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1508-1511)

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