Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1865. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $455. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milan. Giovanni Galeazzo Maria and Ludovico Maria Sforza. 1481-1494. AR Testone (9.44 gm). Bust of Giovanni right / Bust of Ludovico right. CNI V pg. 190, 30; Crippa 3; Biaggi 1569. VF, scattered porosity and light scratch. Rare // Lot also includes a cast forgery of an AR Mezzo Testone of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Two (2) pieces in lot. ($400)

From the Patrick Cooper collection. The latter, ex Philip Grierson Collection; Lobel 13 (25 July 1970), lot 653; Weber Collection (January 1907).