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1 Cavallotto First Phase
| Issuer | Genoa, Republic of (1139-1797) |
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| Year | 1528-1542 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ CONRADVS •REX •ROMAN • AS |
| Edge | Plain |
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The cavallotto emerged from a monetary reform imposed on Genoa by the Doge Andrea Doria following the city's political realignment with Charles V in 1528 — the same constitutional overhaul that restructured the Republic into the form it would broadly retain for two and a half centuries. The coin's name derives from the small horse featured in the imperial arms, a direct visual acknowledgment of Genoese subordination to Habsburg interests.
MIR 190/1 distinguishes this first phase from later emissions by die characteristics that were revised as the type evolved through the 1530s.