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Teston - Gian Galeazzo II Maria with Regency of Ludovico Maria Sforza
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1491-1492 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gian Galeazzo II was Duke of Milan in name only by 1491 — his uncle Ludovico il Moro had effectively controlled the duchy since 1480, sidelining the young duke with increasing permanence. The regency coinage of this period reflects that fiction directly: the legitimate heir's name on the coin, Ludovico's authority behind it. Gian Galeazzo died in 1494 at twenty-four, almost certainly poisoned, an event that freed Ludovico to claim the title openly just as the French invasion under Charles VIII was dismantling the Italian political order entirely.
The two-year window of this issue makes it relatively short-lived even within the Sforza teston series.