1/2 Pezzetta Antoine 1er

Antoine I ruled Monaco under French suzerainty at a moment when the Grimaldi finances were chronically strained, and small billon issues like this half pezzetta circulated primarily within the principality's tight local economy rather than beyond it. The pezzetta itself was a denomination rooted in Italian monetary tradition, reflecting Monaco's geographic and commercial orientation toward Genoa and the Ligurian coast rather than Paris.

Billon coinage of this period is notoriously susceptible to surface corrosion from its debased silver content, and examples with intact surfaces are genuinely scarce.