Definition

• A name given to both a gold and a silver coin of Milan, struck under the first Republic (1250-1310), and retained by the Sforzas to the end of the fifteenth century.

  They obtain their name from St. Am- brosius, the patron saint of the city, who is generally represented standing, but sometimes on horseback, with a whip in his hand, which is supposed to have refer- ence to Christ's driving the money- changers out of the temple. See Cahier, Characteristiques des Saints dans I'Art Populaire (ii. 429), and Jameson, Sacred and Legendary Art (i. 395).

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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