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1 Grosso - Filippo Maria Visconti Plain arms
| Issuer | Duchy of Milan (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1423-1426 |
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| Reference(s) | MIR#152 , Crippa II#3 , MEC XII#670 |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large quartered heraldic shield displaying the arms of the Visconti and allied dynasties: the upper-left and lower-right quarters bear the Visconti biscione (a serpent devouring a child), while the upper-right and lower-left quarters display lions passant and an eagle. The shield is rendered in Gothic style with a plain, unadorned field, consistent with the 'plain arms' designation. A circular Gothic legend surrounds the shield, separated from it by a beaded inner border, with a further beaded or corded outer border framing the entire composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | FILIPVS MARIA DVX MEDIOLANI 3C (Translation: Philip Maria , Duke of Milan, etc.) |
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Filippo Maria Visconti, the last male heir of the Visconti dynasty, spent much of his reign in a state of acute paranoia — he reportedly refused to cross open water, rarely appeared in public, and conducted diplomacy almost entirely through intermediaries. His coinage is consequently one of the more administratively interesting of the Italian Renaissance principalities, issued by a ruler who governed largely from behind closed doors at the Castello di Porta Giovia. The plain arms variant catalogued under MIR 152 represents an early phase of his monetary reorganization following his consolidation of Milanese territory after 1421.