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A striking bearded portrait of King François I wearing a hat with a little crown on top

FRANCE François I Teston de Bretagne n.d. (1515-40) 4th type minted at Rennes

 

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Italy SICILY Emperor Charles V 2 Tari 1540

 

@talerman, love that unusual portrait of Francis I

 

Is this considered a Renaissance Coin?

 

Maybe a bit late to qualify as a Renaissance coin but still attractive and historic

 

Thank you, I'm quite fond of this one! It's a pocket carry and toning nicely!

 

Austria-Hungary FERDINAND I (Archduke of Austria and King of Rome, Hungary & Bohemia 1531-58 and subsequently Emperor 1558-64) Groschen 1554 Vienna mint

Not a rare coin but a nice Renaissance portrait

 

Poland (at the time) RIGA Stefan Batory Groschen (grosz) 1582

 

Nice(!) Maybe even nice enough to slab. Touch of strike weakness more evident than wear, very close to mint state.

 

Interesting you say that. The auction house graded it AU/XF+. Given the strike weakness or wear on the legend on the obv. and on the crossed keys on the rev., I graded it VF +. For me an EF coin has to have totally legible legends. But maybe I am too tough/old-fashioned.

 

An Early Dated Italian copper piece, this one is cast.
1494= MCCCCLXXXXIIII
Levinson: VII-7a

 

Italy MILAN Francesco II Sforza in name of Emperor Charles V Testone n.d.(1522-35) With Charles V's bust and the Pillars of Hercules

When Charles V re-conquered Milan from the French in 1521, Francesco was appointed duke, the last of the family to hold that title. His sovereignty remained circumscribed by the military occupation of Milan by Spanish troops. This coin in the name of Charles reflects this.

 

House of Savoy-Emanuele Filiberto (1553-1580)
Lira of 3 for Scudo 1562 - Mint: Chambéry - Obverse: armored bust of the Duke on the right - Reverse: legend on two lines within an oak crown - gr. 12.37 - Hole due to a minting defect, otherwise better than BB (CNI I / 200/101) (Sim. N. 32/4) (Ravegnani III / 148/7)

One of the iconic Savoy coins, the Instar Omnium Lira is known in Pietmontese as the "Testa d 'fer". The obverse shows a magnificent armored and draped bust of the Duke, while the reverse has the motto INSTAR OMNIVM, surrounded by an oak wreath. They were minted in Aosta (or Asti?), Bourg en Bresse, Chambery, Nice, Turin, Vercelli and perhaps another unidentified Savoyard mint.

The dies for the coin were engraved by the great medallist Alessandro Cesati, who was commissioned by Emanuele Filiberto as part of his currency reform.

The motto translates to "Equal for all." It is likely inspired by a line from Cicero ("Brutus", 191) where he writes "Plato mihi unus instar est omnium" ("Plato by himself is in my eyes worth them all").

 

@talerman posted his gorgeous copy of this iconic coin recently, and here is mine:

 

Arrived today:


Venice, Lira Nicolo Tron undated (1471-1473) Obverse: Bust of Doge left TRONVS. DVX. NICOLAVS, Reverse: Lion within inner circle MARCVS SANCTVS, 6.45 grammes, Biaggi#2901, Paolucci 2

The Lira Tron is a very significant Renaissance coin for several reasons: It represents the first use of the Lira--money of account since the monetary reforms of Charlemagne--as an actual minted and circulating denomination.

Secondly, it is the first and only portrait of a doge in the whole of venetian coinage (excepting one other trial proof for Tron's successor-- and Tron's own ae coinage). There was an uproar that the coin was two imperial and the deeply republican Venetians banned all Doges from having their likeness on money, following Tron's death.

Finally, the coin represents one of the first realistic portraits on a coin during the renaissance--following the ducat of Francesco Sforza, but predating and prefiguring by two years the testone of Gian Galeazzo Sforza.

The name of the engraver is known: Antonio della Moneta, or Anthony of the mint.

 

Spanish Netherlands OVERIJSSEL Philip II of Spain Filipsdaalder 1563

 

Can anyone help me with this coin? Any info about it or a value?
3 Ducats - Ferdinand
Maria wedding of Ferdinand Maria and
Adelheid

thank you

 

I am in New York. I just went to an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, The Medici: Portraits and Politics 1512-1570. An exceptional exhibition of wonderful Renaissance portraits, including some like those in Florence coins of the period. Heartily recommended.

 

funny, I was there today as well