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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 8241748, member: 91771"]Two new additions: [ATTACH=full]1450761[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Pesaro, Giovanni Sforza, 1489-1500 and 1503-1510</b></p><p>Medalet of proof Testone, AE 9,31 g. IO SF CONST F PISAVRI 7 C Bearded bust of Giovanni Sforza r. Rv. PATRIA above Broken Yoke, bellow RECEPTA. CNI 2 var. (testone). Cav. PS, 68. Later Cast. From the DPF collection of the Duchy of Urbino.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dies of this coin/medal have been attributed to Francesco Francia, who was at that time engaged as mintmaker of Bologna for Giovanni's uncle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1450760[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>NAPLES Ferdinand I of Aragon (1458-1494) Crowned with initials I - MIR, R: Saint Michael the Archangel spearing a dragon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coronati of Ferdinando of Aragon were some of the first Renaissance coins to feature a realistic portrait, appearing just after coins in Venice and Milan. This is the third type, from later in Ferdinando's reign which dates from 1488-1594. The I is the mintmark of mintmaster Jacopo Cotrullo, to whom the die may perhaps be attributed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 8241748, member: 91771"]Two new additions: [ATTACH=full]1450761[/ATTACH] [B]Pesaro, Giovanni Sforza, 1489-1500 and 1503-1510[/B] Medalet of proof Testone, AE 9,31 g. IO SF CONST F PISAVRI 7 C Bearded bust of Giovanni Sforza r. Rv. PATRIA above Broken Yoke, bellow RECEPTA. CNI 2 var. (testone). Cav. PS, 68. Later Cast. From the DPF collection of the Duchy of Urbino. The dies of this coin/medal have been attributed to Francesco Francia, who was at that time engaged as mintmaker of Bologna for Giovanni's uncle. [ATTACH=full]1450759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1450760[/ATTACH] NAPLES Ferdinand I of Aragon (1458-1494) Crowned with initials I - MIR, R: Saint Michael the Archangel spearing a dragon. The coronati of Ferdinando of Aragon were some of the first Renaissance coins to feature a realistic portrait, appearing just after coins in Venice and Milan. This is the third type, from later in Ferdinando's reign which dates from 1488-1594. The I is the mintmark of mintmaster Jacopo Cotrullo, to whom the die may perhaps be attributed.[/QUOTE]
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