| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1014 Price realized: 4,000 USD (Approx. 3,664 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ITALY, Milano (Duchy). Francesco I Sforza. 1450-1466. AV Ducato (23mm, 3.45 g, 10h). Third period, 1462-1464. Armored bust right / Armored figure on caparisoned horse right, holding sword and reins. MIR 171/1; Crippa 2; MEC 12, 708 var. (rev. legend); Friedberg 683. In NGC encapsulation 6864695-011, graded AU 53. Slightly double struck on obverse as usual for type. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Steinberg, October 2000. 'It was appropriate that Francesco was the first modern ruler to issue portrait coins, for the essence of these was they showed the duke in his humanity, and Francesco was the very type of Renaissance prince who governed by virtue of his personal qualities and not by hereditary or constitutional right.' –John Porteous, Coins in History Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
