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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4179326, member: 56653&quot;]Milano is a very generous theme, with many different and interesting coinages, both ancient and medieval. After the death of Luchino Visconti, who became Signore di Milano after years of service for the Ghibelini as condottiero di ventura, and who ruled together with his brother Giovanni, the Archbishop of Milano, the latter minted the denarii imperiali of Milano in his own name, at the height of the Black Death in 1349-1350.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075165[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">AR15mm, 0.65g, denaro imperiale, minted at the City of Milano, cca. 1340-1349, or 1350.</font></p><p><font size="3">+ IOhS * VICECOES; croce gigliata</font></p><p><font size="3">♣ Visconti dragon coat of arms ♣ / + ME / DIOLA / NVM / ♣ Visconti dragon coat of arms ♣ </font></p><p><font size="3">CNI V p. 73 10b; Gnecchi 7, Crippa (1986) p. 45 #4; BdN Online Materiali 23 (2014) pp. 123-124 #487-488.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This specimen shows a better rendition of the Visconti coat of arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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