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1 Grosso - Bernabò and Galeazzo II Without eagle
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1356-1375 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | The Visconti heraldic device — the biscione, a coiled serpent devouring a child — occupies the central field, flanked by the initials B and G (for Bernabò and Galeazzo), all set within a quatrefoil frame adorned with stars or rosettes in each spandrel. The design is executed in the Gothic decorative tradition characteristic of mid-14th-century Milanese coinage. A beaded inner circle separates the central device from the surrounding Latin legend. The composition is crisp and heraldically precise, reflecting the dynastic ambitions of the joint Visconti lords. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ • BERNABOS • 3 • GALEAZ • VICECOMITES B G (Translation: Bernabo and Galeazzo Visconti) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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