Milanese Testone Of Galeazzo Maria SForza (1468 To 1476 Ad)

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Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 04/03/2024 7:25 pm Inspired by @austrokiwi's post from a few years back http://goccf.com/t/334377), I picked up one of these Testones. It isn't in anywhere near as good condition as that other one, but I really like the portrait so I scooped up this nice puck of silver from SARC. Most of the pertinent info about these Testones is covered in that earlier thread, but I would add that the issuer (Galeazzo Maria Sforza) was not a very admirable man. His wikipedia page has some of the less lurid details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galea...Maria_Sforza For inscriptions, there is GALEAZ M SF VICECOS DVX MLI QIT on the obverse and PP ANGLE - Q3 - CO AC IANVE D / G3 / M on the reverse. I have attributed it as Biaggi 1548. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff

samoth Valued Member United States 218 Posts	Posted 04/04/2024 5:49 pm The issue was ahead of its time. The portrait and lettering are deceptive. It's a beautiful coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 04/04/2024 8:50 pm Thx @samoth! Yes agreed that the portrait is great. Mine has a bit of doubling though. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 04/04/2024 9:29 pm Some story... Great coins always have a great story. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 04/06/2024 10:15 am Excellent! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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