Triton XVIII, Lot: 1577. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 1466-1476. AV Ducato (24mm, 3.47 g, 3h). Crippa Type IV. (nimbate and mitered facing head) G3 M SF VICECOS DVX MELI V, armored bust of Galeazzo Maria Sforza right; apostrophe stops / + PP ANLE Q3 CO AC IANVE D 7 C, crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza; branding irons with buckets to left and right; G3 and M across field. Cf. CNI V 27 (for type); Morosini 5a; Crippa 5. Near EF, minor die shift and weak strike on obverse, a few minor marks. An attractive example of a rare later issue.