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1 Ducato - Frederick I
| Issuer | Duchy of Mantua (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1478-1484 |
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| Currency | Scudo |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Frederick I, Marquis of Mantua, depicted with flowing hair in the Renaissance style, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy is rendered in a naturalistic portrait style characteristic of late 15th-century Italian coinage. The surrounding legend reads FREDERICVS MANTVE MARCHIO III, distributed around the periphery within the coin's field. The portrait exhibits fine die-engraving detail in the facial features and hair, reflecting the humanist artistic sensibility of the Gonzaga court. |
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| Reverse description | A crowned eucharistic chalice, symbolic of the Precious Blood of Christ venerated at Mantua, depicted upright at center within a beaded inner circle. This devotional motif refers to the Basilica of Sant'Andrea and the relic of the Holy Blood held in Mantua, lending the coin a strong religious and dynastic significance. The surrounding Latin legend XPISTIANI IHESV SANGVINIS TABERNACVLVM, abbreviated on the coin, encircles the central device within the outer border of beading. The design is executed in the flat, boldly struck style typical of hammered gold coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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