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Ducat - Francis Sforza of Milan
| Issuer | Republic of Genoa |
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| Year | 1464-1466 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ⸰ F : S : DUX : MEDIOLAnI : D : IAn ⸰ (Translation: Francis Sforza, Duke of Milan, Lord of Genoa) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Francesco Sforza seized Milan in 1450 after the Ambrosian Republic's brief and chaotic interlude following the last Visconti duke's death. His coinage struck at Genoa reflects a peculiar political arrangement: Genoa had passed under Milanese dominance by 1464, and the Republic issued ducats acknowledging Sforza's lordship during a window of just two years before French intervention reshuffled control of the city entirely. The emission is correspondingly small.