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2 Ducats - François I
| Issuer | Duchy of Milan (Milan, Italian States) |
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| Year | 1515-1521 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of François I facing left, depicted with shoulder-length hair and wearing a pauldron with visible gorget and decorative breastplate. The effigy is rendered in a Renaissance portrait style typical of early 16th-century Milanese coinage. A beaded inner circle frames the design. The circumferential Latin legend reads FRANCISCVS D G FRA REX, identifying the issuer as King of France by the grace of God. |
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| Reverse description | A quartered heraldic shield surmounted by an imperial-style ducal crown occupies the central field. The shield displays the composite arms of the French royal house and the Duchy of Milan, quartered to show the fleurs-de-lis of France and the Visconti biscione alongside other dynastic charges. The shield is flanked by plain fields within a beaded inner border. The circumferential Latin legend DVX ET CET MEDIOLANI encircles the design, identifying François I as Duke of Milan and so forth. |
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| Reverse lettering | MEDIOLANI DVX ET CET |
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