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Grosso - Giovanni Sforza
| Issuer | Pesaro, City of |
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| Year | 1489-1510 |
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| Value | Grosso |
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| Obverse description | Quartered heraldic shield occupying the central field, divided by a bold cross into four quarters: the upper-left quarter bears a crowned eagle displayed (Sforza arms), the upper-right features a pattern of roundels or ermine spots (Aragona arms), the lower-left displays vertical pales (Visconti or Sforza biscione variant), and the lower-right bears a rampant lion. The shield is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin titulary legend running in the outer margin. |
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| Reverse description | Frontal enthroned figure of the Virgin Mary crowned, depicted in majestic hieratic style, holding the Christ Child on her left arm and raising her right hand in a gesture of blessing or presentation. Two small kneeling devotional figures (candles or torches on pedestals) flank the throne at lower left and right. The composition is rendered in the late-medieval Italian style characteristic of Pesaro coinage, with flowing drapery and a broad flat field. The abbreviated Latin invocatory legend encircles the design in the outer margin. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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