ITALY Milan CARDINAL GEORGES DE AMBOISE Conquest of Milan 1500 PCGS SP63 BN TOP

ITALY MILAN

BRONZE 1500 (1974) GOVERNOR OF MILAN CARDINAL GEORGES DE AMBOISE MEDAL

RARE OFFICIAL FRENCH MINT ISSUE

ITALY MILAN MEDAL STRUCK IN 1500 (c.1800)
RENAISSANCE FRANCE - THE ITALIAN WARS ERA

HONORING THE APPOINTMENT OF CARDINAL GEORGES D’AMBOISE AS GOVERNOR OF THE DUCHY OF MILAN

GRADED PCGS SP63 BN /OVERSIZE HOLDER/

TOP GRADED COIN BY PCGS

OBV: HIGH RELIEF BUST OF CARDINAL D’AMBOISE LEFT WITHIN BEADED BORDER.

REV: PERSONIFICATION OF THE SUN CASTING ITS RAYS OVER THE CITY OF MILAN; LATIN LEGEND “SALVAT VBI LVCET” AND
“.1500.” AND IN EXERGUE “MEDIOL.”


AT THE TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE, DURING THE ITALIAN WARS, LOUIS XII OF FRANCE INVITED ITALY TO SECURE HIS CLAIM TO THE THRONE OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES. KING LOUIS HAD ENTERED THE DUCHY OF MILAN IN 1499, AND HE APPOINTED HIS TRUSTED ADVISOR AND MINISTER OF STATE, FRENCH CARDINAL GEORGES D’AMBOISE, TO RULE OVER THE CITY, AND TO ORGANIZE THE PROVINCE. D’AMBOISE QUELLED A REVOLT IN FAVOR OF THE NATIVE NOBLE FAMILY OF SFORZA, AND RETOOK THE CITY IN 1500.

53 MM ,58,55g
  

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