Watch List notes:

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Giovanni Galeazzo Sforza. 1476-1494. AR Testone (28mm, 9.63 g, 9h). Struck under the Regency of Ludovico Maria Sforza, 1481-1494. (nimbate and mitered facing head) IO GZ M SF VICECO DVX MLI SX, armored bust of Gian Galeazzo Sforza right; apostrophe stops / (nimbate and mitered facing head) LVDOVICVS PATRVVS GVBNANS, armored bust of Lodovico Maria Sforza right; apostrophe stops. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 400 (for an issue of Ludovico); cf. CNI V 27 (for type); Morosini 8; Crippa 3. Wonderful double portrait coin. Attractive cabinet toning. Near EF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XLII (14 November 2002), lot 188.