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1 Grosso - John and Luchino Visconti Cross
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1339-1349 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Saint Ambrose depicted enthroned and facing, robed in episcopal vestments, holding a pastoral crozier in his left hand while raising his right hand in benediction. The saint is rendered in a stylized Gothic manner characteristic of northern Italian hammered coinage of the mid-fourteenth century. The figure occupies the full field between two concentric borders, with the outer border formed by a beaded circle. The surrounding legend in Gothic uncial and Latin lettering identifies the patron saint and the city of Milan. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Milan passed to Luchino and Giovanni Visconti jointly following the death of Azzone Visconti in 1339 — an unusual co-signorial arrangement between an ambitious secular lord and an archbishop that lasted until Luchino's death in 1349, when Giovanni consolidated sole control. The joint lordship was politically fraught from the start, with persistent suspicion that Luchino's wife, Isabella Fieschi, conspired with Giovanni against her own husband.
Coinage issued under the joint regime is catalogued with some difficulty, as the transition period generated variants attributable to overlapping administrative authority at the Milan mint.