Plate Coin for the 8th Edition of Gold Coins of the World

Triton XV, Lot: 1764. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Repubblica). Aurea Repubblica Ambrosiana. 1447-1450. AV Ambrosino – Fiorino d’oro (21mm, 3.55 g, 2h). (shield) COMVИITAS · ИEDIOLAИI ·, large m within polylobe, with inward-facing trefoils in each arch and star in each spandrel / (shield) S · AИBROSIVS · MEDIOLAИI · · (rosette stops), half-length facing bust of St. Ambrogio, wearing nimbus crown and miter and holding whip and crozier. CNI V 1 var. (rev. legend); Crippa 1/A; Biaggi 1514; Friedberg 682 (this coin illustrated). EF. Very rare.