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1 Follaro - Francesco Priuli Venetian bagattino type
| Issuer | Cattaro, City of |
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| Year | 1562-1563 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ·S·TRIFON-CATARI· F-P |
| Reverse description | Frontal facing bust of Saint Mark with nimbus, depicted in a simplified, roughly struck style consistent with small hammered copper issues of Venetian Dalmatia. The figure is shown with outstretched wings or vestments suggested by broad flanking lines, evoking the Winged Lion symbol of Venetian sovereignty in an anthropomorphic ecclesiastical rendering. The surrounding Latin legend identifies this as a Venetian issue. The overall style is archaic and characteristic of provincial Venetian follaro coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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Cattaro (modern Kotor, Montenegro) sat on the edge of Venetian Dalmatia, perpetually exposed to Ottoman pressure — the city had repelled a major Turkish siege in 1539 and remained on military alert for decades afterward. Small copper issues like this follaro served purely local needs; Venice permitted subject cities to strike petty coinage for retail circulation while maintaining tight control over silver and gold. Francesco Priuli's dogeship ran 1556–1559, meaning this coin was struck under his successor Girolamo Priuli — the attribution to Francesco likely reflects die reuse or a delayed authorization rather than a minting error.