| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 751 Price realized: 800 USD (Approx. 737 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). Lodovico XII di Francia. 1499-1512. AR Testone (29mm, 8.61 g, 4h). First period. Struck 1499-1505. Crowned and mantled bust right / St. Ambrosius on horseback right, holding flail and reins; crowned coat-of-arms below. MIR 236/2; Crippa 3/B; cf. MEC 12, 769 (for type). Toned, smoothed and tooled, light porosity, edge makrs. Near VF. Very rare, particularly this variety with Ambrosius's cloak not on his arm. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Louis XII seized control of Milan early in 1499, ousting the ruling Sforzas. Louis's coinage in his Italian possessions bear the first veristic portraits of a French king on a coin. Testons bearing Louis's portrait would follow in France some 15 years later. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
