Lustrous Ducato
CNG 111, Lot: 970. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 1466-1476. AV Ducato (24mm, 3.49 g, 4h). (head of At. Ambrogio) G3 M SF VICECOS DVX MLI V, armored bust right; tick stops / + P P ANGLE Q3 CO AC IANVE D , crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza; branding irons with buckets to left and right; G3 (tick stop) (tick stop) M across field; tick stops. CNI V 20; Morosini 5a; Crippa 5; MIR 200/6; Friedberg 688. EF, lustrous, minor doubling in legends. Handsome portrait.