Quattrino - Lorenzo Medici

Features

Issuer	City of Pesaro (Italian States)
Lord	Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1516-1519
Value	1 Quattrino (1⁄60)
Currency	Scudo
Composition	Billon
Weight	0.7 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 462553
References	CNI XIII# 1/3 Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1932. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 13. Marche: 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

Medici arms. Beaded border.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ✠ · LAV · MEDICES · DVX

Translation: Lorenzo de Medici, Duke (of Urbino)

Reverse

Place name in three lines within wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PI
SAV
RI

Translation: Pesaro

Mint

Pesaro, Italy

Comments

Three significant obverse legend variants exist:

LAV MEDICES DVX (CNI 1, main photos)

LAV ME DVX VRB DO PI (CNI 2/ 3):

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1516-1519)												LAV ME DVX VRB DO PI
ND (1516-1519)												LAV MEDICES DVX

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