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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4650373, member: 56653"]Incredible coins and the <i>testone </i>is of extraordinary quality. Although the period is a bit outside my focus, here are a couple of <i>quattrini </i>of Guidobaldo I da Montefeltro, as Duke of Urbino (1482-1502 and 1502-1508):</p><p><br /></p><p>- an earlier specimen "a la testa piccola" possibly minted while Urbino was under the stewardship of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda (Guidobaldo's uncle) and brother Antonio da Montefeltro in the 1480s:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- and a later cca. 1495-1502/1508 specimen "a la testa grossa" minted while Guidobaldo was <i>condottiere di ventura</i> for Venice and Pope Julius II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses have two different types of shields with the coats of arms of Guidobaldo at different stages in his life.</p><p><br /></p><p>These pieces, minted at Casteldurante, are far from the quality, rarity and value of your <i>testone</i>, the workmanship is rather mediocre, but they have that air of similarity of the Italian Renaissance: the general shape of the effigy of the prince or the haircut so en vogue around 1500.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4650373, member: 56653"]Incredible coins and the [I]testone [/I]is of extraordinary quality. Although the period is a bit outside my focus, here are a couple of [I]quattrini [/I]of Guidobaldo I da Montefeltro, as Duke of Urbino (1482-1502 and 1502-1508): - an earlier specimen "a la testa piccola" possibly minted while Urbino was under the stewardship of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Carda (Guidobaldo's uncle) and brother Antonio da Montefeltro in the 1480s: [ATTACH=full]1148464[/ATTACH] - and a later cca. 1495-1502/1508 specimen "a la testa grossa" minted while Guidobaldo was [I]condottiere di ventura[/I] for Venice and Pope Julius II: [ATTACH=full]1148465[/ATTACH] The reverses have two different types of shields with the coats of arms of Guidobaldo at different stages in his life. These pieces, minted at Casteldurante, are far from the quality, rarity and value of your [I]testone[/I], the workmanship is rather mediocre, but they have that air of similarity of the Italian Renaissance: the general shape of the effigy of the prince or the haircut so en vogue around 1500.[/QUOTE]
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