Italian contemporaries
Trivulzio
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![]() Plaquette in bronce 1499 from Cristoforo Foppa Caradosso. 46x46mm. Armand I,110-11; Kress 192; Hill 65; Börner 248. Obv.: IO·IACOBVS TRIVVIS·MAR·VIG·FRA·MARESCALVS· - laureated bust left. arms im the angles [pales (Trivulzio), wheel of the sun, buckets (Sforza), snake (Sforza)] Rev.: 1499 / EXPVGNATA ALE / XANDRIA : DELETO / EXERCITV : LVDOVI / CVM·SF·MLI DVC / EXPELLIT·REVER / SVM·APVD NOVA / RIAM STERNIT / CAPIT "1499, conquered Alexandria, annihilated army, Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan expelled, returned and defeated at Novara and captured" The martial sounding text obscures that Trivulzio's victory was achieved mainly tactically.
![]() Cast bronze medal (1499-1518) Ø 43 mm, 33 g. Hill Corpus 706a; Pollard (2007) 224. Specimem from Coin Cabinet, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin ![]() Obv.: ⎊IOannes⎊IAcobus⎊TRIvultius⎊MARchio⎊VIGlebani⎊FRANcciae⎊MARESchalus [TR, MA ligated]. Bust of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio in antique armor with laurel wreath to the right. Rev.: ⎊NEC⎊CEDIT⎊VMBRA⎊SOLI⎊ "The shadow does not give way to the sun" Draped bust of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio with hat to the right.
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![]() Testone n. d. (1529), Roveredo. Ø 30 mm, 9,47 g. CNI 534/5; RM 340/1; Gnecchi 2. Obv.: +FRANCISCus' TRIVLtius'MARchio'VIGinticoLummaE 7 C (7C = et cetera) "... Magrave of Vigevano" - bareheaded bust in armor to the left. Rev.: +S BLAXIVS'- 'EPISCOPVs Saint Blasius sits enthroned; he holds a crosier in his left hand and offers a blessing with his right hand.
![]() Testone n. d. (about 1537), Roveredo. Ø 30 mm, 9,50 g. CNI 534/6; RM 340/2; Gnecchi 3. Obv.: +*FRANCIS - CVS * - TRIVVLTIVS* - bareheaded bust in armor to the left. Rev.: + MARchio*VIGLintico LummaE*ET*CASTRI*NOVI*Comes*Mesoco - arms of Trivulzio.
![]() Cast bronze medal ca.1548, attributed to Pietro Paolo Galeotti (or School of Leone Leoni). Ø 59 mm? Armand II, 302,13; Scher 53; Kress 360a; Bargello 432; Börner 681; Attwood 146. Specimen of the Cultural Foundation Sachsen-Anhalt, art museum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) ![]() Obv.: IO·FRANciscus·TRIvultius·MARchio·VIGeviani·COmes·MVSOchi·AC·VALlis·RENensis·ET·STOSAe·Dominus "Gianfrancesco Trivulzio, margrave of Vigevano, count of Mesocco, lord of Rheinwald and Stoss" Profile portrait with beard and antique armour. On the bust truncation: AETatia 39 "age 39" Rev.: FVI - SVM - ET - ERO "I was, I am, and I will be" Allegory of Fortuna, nude female with a curtain, riding a dolphin in the wind-blown sea. Drowning figures in the water. Luck is pushed by the four winds depicted at the corners of the scene to show the constant movement to which it is subjected. The symbol of the inconstant Fortuna is inspired by the connotation that Horace defines in the Roman Odes (I, 35) as the "queen of the waves". |
Ref.: ![]() • F. ed E. Gnecchi: Le monete dei Trivulzio ![]() • E. Tagliabue: È davvero esistita la zecca di Mesocco? ![]() • Corpus Nummorum Italicorum [CNI], vol. IV: Lombardia senza Milano. - CNI-Index vol. IV ![]() • Ravegnani Morosini, Mario [RM]: Signorie e principati - monete italiane con ritratto, 1450-1796. 1984 Trivulzio: vol.III, p.337 ff • La famiglia Trivulzio ![]() |