Watch List notes:

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 1466-1476. AR Testone – Grossone da 20 soldi (29mm, 9.70 g, 5h). Reform coinage. Struck 1474-1476. (nimbate and mitered facing head) GALEAZ M SF VICECOS DVX MLI QU', armored bust right; pellet in annulet behind; tick stops / + P P ANGLE Q3 CO AC IANVE D , crested helmet left above familial coat-of-arms of Sforza; G3 and M flanking; branding irons with buckets to left and right; tick stops. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 400; MIR 201/2; Crippa 6/A; MEC 12, 736; Biaggi 1548. Toned. Good VF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Baldwin's, 2003.