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1 Fiorino / 1 Ducato - Filippo Maria Visconti
| Issuer | Signoria of Pavia (Visconti) |
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| Year | 1402-1412 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | COMES PPIE 3C |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Filippo Maria Visconti was barely a teenager when this coin was struck — he assumed control of Pavia in 1402 following the death of his father Gian Galeazzo, the first Duke of Milan, whose vast north Italian dominion immediately fractured among rival claimants. Pavia was Filippo Maria's initial foothold before he methodically reconsolidated Visconti power, taking Milan itself in 1412, which effectively closes the date range on this issue.
The fiorino weight standard adopted here mirrors the Florentine gold florin that had dominated northern Italian commerce for over a century — a deliberate choice signaling legitimacy and mercantile reliability from a lord whose political position was, at the time, anything but secure.