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1 Ducato - Felipe I 'Pataccone'
| Issuer | Kingdom of Naples |
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| Year | 1554-1556 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (1 Ducato) (⅚) |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Philip I (Philip II of Spain) facing right, bearded, wearing a crown, with elaborate plate armor and a ruffled collar visible at the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Renaissance style, with finely detailed curly hair and beard. A beaded inner border frames the design, while the circular Latin legend runs along the outer periphery, interrupted by bullet-point separators. The mint master's initials IBR, referring to Giovan Battista Ravaschiero, appear within the legend. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Felipe I — Felipe II of Spain, ruling Naples as Felipe I — issued this heavy silver ducato during his brief period as co-regent under Charles V before the abdication of 1556 formalized his sole rule. The "Pataccone" nickname, applied broadly to large Spanish-affiliated silver pieces in Italian circulation, stuck to this type through centuries of trade use in the Mediterranean. Naples under Felipe was a viceregal economy feeding silver northward to Habsburg war finance, and these large-module coins moved bullion as much as they facilitated local commerce.
The MIR 158 attribution places this among the rarer Neapolitan ducati of the period — the two-year window tightens surviving examples considerably.