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<p>[QUOTE="ycon, post: 7795580, member: 91771"]Hi [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER], </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect mainly Italian Renaissance coins, so maybe I can be of some help to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leonardo and Michelangelo both started their careers in Florence, with Michelangelo later working in Rome, and Leonardo working in Milan and France. If you want coins they may have used then I would look for issues from those cities from roughly the 1450s-1550s. You could of course look more specifically based on the exact years when/where they were active. <a href="http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/" rel="nofollow">http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/</a> is a catalog of Italian coinage and a good resource.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite things about Renaissance coins is that there were <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artist-designed-money.310989/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artist-designed-money.310989/">major artists</a> who actually engraved coin dies and struck coins—not Leonardo and Michelangelo, but important and wonderful artists nonetheless. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fascinating-renaissance-coin.320046/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fascinating-renaissance-coin.320046/">Francesco Francia</a> was the founder of the Bolognese Renaissance School of painting and worked there for decades as the master of the mint. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/">Benvenuto Cellini</a> was on of the great sculptors of the Renaissance, even rivaling Michelangelo. I own five coins of his, which he struck for Popes Clement VII, Paul and the Duke of Florence <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-best-m" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-best-m">Alessandro de Medici</a>. Leone Leoni was a rival, in turn, of Cellini, and was championed by Michelangelo. He even struck a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/">medal commemorating Michelangelo’s 88th birthday</a>. I own three coins from dies engraved by him. A nice thread for getting a sense of some Renaissance coinage is here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-renaissance-coins.317981/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-renaissance-coins.317981/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-renaissance-coins.317981/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are several coins that have specific artistic ties to Leonardo: </p><p><br /></p><p>First, the <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=ercole%20d'este%20testone%20cavaliere" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=ercole%20d'este%20testone%20cavaliere" rel="nofollow">Testone col Cavaliere</a> of Ercole d’Este struck between 1502-4. The anepigraphic reverse features a nude horseman which is thought to be based on the famous lost/never completed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse" rel="nofollow">equestrian statue</a> of Francesco Sforza. The terracotta model completed by Leonardo is supposed to have been brought to Ferrara.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338409[/ATTACH] </p><p>(not my coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>Leonardo was employed at the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan from 1482-99. The classic portrait of the duke as regent and as ruler, as seen on his <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=testone%20ludovico%20sforza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=testone%20ludovico%20sforza" rel="nofollow">testoni</a>, was traditionally attributed to a design by Leonardo. There is no direct evidence for this, but as court painter it’s not impossible he was asked to sketch a portrait for the die engraver to make use of. In any event the coin is linked to a very specific moment of the Renaissance in Milan that is closely associated with Leonardo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338410[/ATTACH] </p><p>(my coin)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The third is the <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=Galeazzo%20Maria%20Sforza%2C%201466-1476.%20Grosso%20da%204%20Soldi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=Galeazzo%20Maria%20Sforza%2C%201466-1476.%20Grosso%20da%204%20Soldi" rel="nofollow">grosso da 4 soldi</a> of Ludovico’s brother and predecessor Galeazzo Maria Sforza. The coin was likely designed by <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-testone.323880/page-2#post-3210220" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-testone.323880/page-2#post-3210220">Ambrogio di Predis</a>, who was an important follower and associate of Leonardo’s who worked for the mint of Milan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338411[/ATTACH] </p><p>(not my coin)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ycon, post: 7795580, member: 91771"]Hi [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER], I collect mainly Italian Renaissance coins, so maybe I can be of some help to you. Leonardo and Michelangelo both started their careers in Florence, with Michelangelo later working in Rome, and Leonardo working in Milan and France. If you want coins they may have used then I would look for issues from those cities from roughly the 1450s-1550s. You could of course look more specifically based on the exact years when/where they were active. [URL]http://numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it/[/URL] is a catalog of Italian coinage and a good resource. One of my favorite things about Renaissance coins is that there were [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artist-designed-money.310989/']major artists[/URL] who actually engraved coin dies and struck coins—not Leonardo and Michelangelo, but important and wonderful artists nonetheless. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fascinating-renaissance-coin.320046/']Francesco Francia[/URL] was the founder of the Bolognese Renaissance School of painting and worked there for decades as the master of the mint. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/']Benvenuto Cellini[/URL] was on of the great sculptors of the Renaissance, even rivaling Michelangelo. I own five coins of his, which he struck for Popes Clement VII, Paul and the Duke of Florence [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-best-m']Alessandro de Medici[/URL]. Leone Leoni was a rival, in turn, of Cellini, and was championed by Michelangelo. He even struck a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coins-of-benvenuto-cellini-not-ancient-but.309743/']medal commemorating Michelangelo’s 88th birthday[/URL]. I own three coins from dies engraved by him. A nice thread for getting a sense of some Renaissance coinage is here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-renaissance-coins.317981/[/URL] There are several coins that have specific artistic ties to Leonardo: First, the [URL='https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=ercole%20d'este%20testone%20cavaliere']Testone col Cavaliere[/URL] of Ercole d’Este struck between 1502-4. The anepigraphic reverse features a nude horseman which is thought to be based on the famous lost/never completed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_horse']equestrian statue[/URL] of Francesco Sforza. The terracotta model completed by Leonardo is supposed to have been brought to Ferrara. [ATTACH=full]1338409[/ATTACH] (not my coin) Leonardo was employed at the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan from 1482-99. The classic portrait of the duke as regent and as ruler, as seen on his [URL='https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=testone%20ludovico%20sforza']testoni[/URL], was traditionally attributed to a design by Leonardo. There is no direct evidence for this, but as court painter it’s not impossible he was asked to sketch a portrait for the die engraver to make use of. In any event the coin is linked to a very specific moment of the Renaissance in Milan that is closely associated with Leonardo. [ATTACH=full]1338410[/ATTACH] (my coin) The third is the [URL='https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/search?text=Galeazzo%20Maria%20Sforza%2C%201466-1476.%20Grosso%20da%204%20Soldi']grosso da 4 soldi[/URL] of Ludovico’s brother and predecessor Galeazzo Maria Sforza. The coin was likely designed by [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-testone.323880/page-2#post-3210220']Ambrogio di Predis[/URL], who was an important follower and associate of Leonardo’s who worked for the mint of Milan. [ATTACH=full]1338411[/ATTACH] (not my coin)[/QUOTE]
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