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Nomos 11

9 October 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 7000 CHF
Hammer Price:  7200 CHF
Lot 280

Italy, Asti. Louis, Duke of Orléans, Lord of Asti. 1465-1498. Testone (Silver, 28mm, 9.30 g 12), late 1480s-1498. (lis)LVDOVICVS’DVX’AVRELIANESIS Draped bust of Louis to left, wearing berretto. Rev. ‘Z’MEDIOLANI’AC’AST’DN..S’ Crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of France and Milan; to left and right, lis. Biaggi 274. CNI II, p. 31, 34 var. MIR 60. Roberts 3404. Rare. Nicely toned. Good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex Varesi 61, 22 November 2012, 1, Künker 175, 28 September 2010, 2314 and Leu 68, 22 October 1996, 13.

Asti became a French possession in 1389, as part of the dowry of Valentina Visconti when she married Louis of Valois, brother of Charles VI. They were the grandparents of Louis Duke of Orléans (Louis XII of France as of 1498). Thanks to this inheritance France had a perfect base for incursions into Italy: while the French were ultimately thrown out of Italy they were replaced by the Spanish (later the Austrians).

Online bidding closes: 9 Oct 2015, 08:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 16:25:02 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:7200 CHF

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