Ave!

Italy, Aquileia, Soldo, Duke Ludovico II di Teck, Scarce!

AR Soldo; 12mm/0.4gm   Struck ca. 1412-1420

Con/ Good Fine

Obv/ + LODOVICVS ° DVX ° D ° TECH; Patriarchal coat-of-arms.

Rev/ PATHE - AQVILE; Virgin seated facing, holding infant Christ.

Ref/ Biaggi 193

Seller's Note/ Louis of Teck (Italian: Ludovico di Teck; 1375 - July 1439) was a ducal German prelate, who was the Patriarch of Aquileia from 1412 until his death. Louis was a ferocious enemy of Pope Eugenius IV. At the Council of Basel, he proposed that Eugenius to be sentenced to death. He also took part in the meeting of German princes at Mainz that elected Amadeus VIII of Savoy as antipope. He died at Basel in July 1439.