Watch List notes:

ITALY, Milano (Signori). temp. Luchino and Giovanni Visconti to Matteo II Visconti. 1339-1355. AV Mezzo Ambrosino (17mm, 1.75 g, 12h). + S AMBROSIVS, radiate facing bust of St. Ambrose, wearing episcopal regalia; trilobe stops / + MEDIOLANVM, large m within tressure of six arcs; each arc ending in trilobe. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 339; CNI V 4 var. (Prima Repubblica; Crippa 1/A; Biaggi 1423: Friedberg 673 (First Republic). Toned. Superb EF. An exceptional example and rare thus.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2014), no. 99.