1 Grossetto / 30 Denari "Trentino" - Francesco I Sforza
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Milan
(Milan, Italian States)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Francis I Sforza (Francesco I Sforza) (1450-1466)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1464-1466 |
| Value | 1 Grossetto of 30 Denari (⅛) |
| Currency | Lira (1155-1515) |
| Composition | Silver (.560) |
| Weight | 2.34 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 130340 |
| References | MIR MI# 176 Alessandro Toffanin; 2024. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 11. Milano = Regional Italian Coins (2a edizione). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. Carlo Crippa; 1986. Le monete di Milano / Volume II. Dai Visconti agli Sforza dal 1329 al 1535. Edizioni Crippa Numismatica, Milan, Italy. Raffaele Negrini, Alberto Varesi; 1991. La Monetazione di Milano: dal 756 al 1802 = The Coinage of Milan. Numismatica viscontea, Milan, Italy.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. , MEC XIV# 710 Philip Grierson, Lucia Travaini; 1998. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 14: Italy III - South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy. |
Obverse
Quartered arms of Sforza-Visconti in reeded circle. Legend begins with small broom.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: FR' • SF • DVX • MLi • aC • IANVe • D • 3 C' •
Lettering (regular font): FR' • SF • DVX • MLI • AC • IANVE • D • 3 C' •
Translation: Fancesco Sforza Duke of Milan, Lord of Genoa, etc.
Reverse
Half bust of Saint Ambrose facing, holding crozier in the left hand and whip in right. Rosette on chest.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ • S • aMBroSivS • MedioLANI •
Lettering (regular font): ✠ • S • AMBROSIVS • MEDIOLANI •
Translation: Saint Ambrose of Milan.
Mint
Milan, ItalyComments
The addition of “Lord of Genoa” to Francesco's titles reflects the Milanese conquest of Genoa in 1464.
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 3.09
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Actual silver weight: 0.042 oz
Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price 
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Past sales
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Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 90 Lot 1166 
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26 Sep 2020 |
USD 150.92
(EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Bertolami Fine ArtsAuction 15 Lot 868
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27 Apr 2015 |
USD 1044.82
(EUR 900.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Bertolami Fine Arts | |||||
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 68 Lot 104
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4 Dec 2012 |
USD 557.23
(EUR 480.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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Nomisma Auction E-Live 38 Lot 439
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24 Jan 2025 | Unsold | ||
| © Nomisma | |||||
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