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1 Ducatone - Octavio Farnese
| Issuer | Parma and Piacenza, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1583-1584 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Ottavio Farnese facing left, rendered in high relief in the Renaissance manner, with elaborately detailed pauldrons and a gorget ornamented with a grotesque mask at the chest. The duke's curly hair is naturalistically rendered. The date appears in the exergue below the truncation, flanked by the ordinal numeral II. The surrounding border legend is separated from the inner field by a beaded border running the full circumference. |
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| Obverse lettering | OCT FAR PLA ET PAR DVX II (Translation: Octavio Farnese 2nd Duke of Piacenza and Parma) |
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| Mintage | 1583 - - 1584 - - |
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