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1 Ducatone - Scipione Gonzaga
| Uitgever | Bozzolo |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1639 |
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| Techniek | Hammered |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Standing figure of St. Peter, robed and nimbed, extending a key toward the kneeling figure of Christ at right, who is also nimbed and rendered in three-quarter profile. The scene is set within an open field with a beaded inner border. The Latin legend encircles the composition, referencing St. Peter as protector, and the date in Roman numerals MDCXXXIX appears in the exergue below the figures. |
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| Oplage | 1639 |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Bozzolo was one of the smallest fiefdoms in the Po Valley — a Gonzaga cadet branch holding barely enough territory to justify independent coinage, yet minting ducatoni in direct competition with the monetary output of Mantua and Milan. Scipione Gonzaga ruled Bozzolo from 1613 until his death in 1670, an unusually long tenure for so marginal a lordship, and his coinage reflects a deliberate strategy of projecting dynastic legitimacy through heavy silver.
The ducatone denomination itself was a north Italian invention of the sixteenth century, designed to facilitate large commercial transactions across the peninsula's fragmented political geography. By 1639, it was already in slow decline as a trade instrument.