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1 Grosso `Ambrosino` - First Republic Gothic M
| Issuer | Milan (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1280-1298 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a cross pattée divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a cluster of three pellets arranged in triangular formation. The circular legend MEDIOLANV runs along the periphery in Gothic lettering, denoting the city of Milan. The overall design is characteristic of late 13th-century Lombard coinage, with the cross serving as the primary heraldic device. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Ambrosino" takes its name from Sant'Ambrogio, Milan's patron saint, and was introduced during the city's first experiment with republican self-governance following the expulsion of the Visconti in 1302 — though the type itself began striking somewhat earlier, under the communal government that preceded full Visconti consolidation. Milan's mint was among the most productive in northern Italy during this period, feeding a commercial economy increasingly dependent on silver for long-distance trade with transalpine merchants.
The Gothic M variety of MIR 67 is distinguished by its letterform and places it within a tight chronological window of communal issue before dynastic coinage reasserted itself.