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1/2 Testone - Frederick II

Issuer Mantua, Duchy of
Year 1519-1530
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering FEDERICVS · II · M · MANTVAE · V ·
(Translation: Frederick II, fifth Marquess of Mantova)
Reverse description Central design features a reliquary vessel placed upon an altar, referencing the celebrated Relic of the Precious Blood of Christ preserved in the Basilica of Sant'Andrea in Mantua. The reverse legend, divided around the central device, invokes the Blood of Jesus Christ and the apostle Saint Andrew, patron of Mantua. The abbreviation · MAN · appears in the exergue, denoting the city of Mantova. The inscription is rendered in three lines within the field, framed by a beaded border consistent with hammered coinage of the period.
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