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1⁄12 Ecu or Luigino - Flavio Ghisi Legate
| Issuer | Comtat Venaissin |
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| Year | 1660-1666 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | FLAVIVS·CAR·GHISIVS·LEG·AV (Translation: Flavio Ghisi, cardinal legate of Avignon.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Comtat Venaissin was a papal enclave wedged into Provence — technically under Rome's authority, not France's — and that jurisdictional quirk made it a productive source of luigini during the 1660s. These small silver pieces flooded Levantine trade routes, where they circulated not as currency in any formal sense but as a commodity silver token, accepted by weight and fineness across Ottoman markets. French authorities repeatedly complained about the practice, as the coins undercut royal monetary control without technically violating it.
Flavio Ghisi served as papal legate during this window, and issues struck under his administration span the Munt 48–49 varieties.