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1 Doppia - Scipione Gonzaga
| Issuer | Bozzolo (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of a male saint, possibly Saint Peter or a patron saint of Bozzolo, facing slightly to the left, draped in flowing robes and holding a palm frond in one hand and a crown in the other. The figure stands on a plain ground line, rendered in bold hammered relief with a stylized baroque treatment of the drapery. The date 1618 appears in the lower exergue. The surrounding circular legend reads ABSIT NE ABSIT DOP N D CARATI 21 6 1618, referencing the denomination and gold fineness of 21 carats and 6 grains. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bozzolo was among the smallest of the Gonzaga cadet lordships — a pocket territory wedged between Mantua and Cremona, with just enough nominal sovereignty to strike gold. Scipione Gonzaga ruled from 1613 until his death in 1670, and his decision to issue doppie was less about monetary necessity than about asserting dynastic legitimacy through coinage, a language every Italian court understood perfectly.
KM#52 is genuinely scarce. Bozzolo's output across all denominations was thin, and gold issues thinner still.