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1 Giulio - Francesco de' Medici
| Issuer | Tuscany, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1585 |
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| Currency | Lira (1533-1826) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the Medici heraldic shield bearing six roundels (palle), displayed within an ornate cartouche surmounted by a grand-ducal crown. The escutcheon is rendered in a late Renaissance style with elaborate foliate mantling. A circular legend in Latin runs along the entire periphery within a beaded border, reading FRAN • M • MAGN • DVX • ETRVRIÆ • II •, identifying Francesco de' Medici as Second Grand Duke of Etruria. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRAN • M • MAGN ✹ ✹ DVX • ETRVRIÆ II • (Translation: Francesco de Medici, 2d Grand Duke of Etruria (Tuscany)) |
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Francesco I de' Medici became Grand Duke in 1574 and ruled until his death in 1587 — along with his mistress Bianca Cappello — from what contemporaries called a fever but later historians have long suspected was poison. The giulio was a papal-origin denomination adopted widely across Italian states, and Francesco's issues reflect his court's studied effort to project the Medici as legitimate sovereign rulers rather than glorified bankers.
MIR 192 is among the scarcer of his silver types, produced in the final years of his reign from the Florence mint.