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1 Grosso - Francis Maria I Saint Crescentius
| Issuer | Duchy of Urbino (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1508-1538 |
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| Weight | 1.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a large quartered heraldic shield surmounted by a ducal crown, the quarters displaying the arms of the della Rovere and Montefeltro dynasties; a small inescutcheon bearing the Montefeltro arms is placed at the chief of the shield. The crowned arms are rendered in the late Gothic manner typical of Italian Renaissance hammered coinage. A circular Latin legend runs along the entire periphery within a beaded border, identifying the issuer by name and title. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Francis Maria I della Rovere ruled Urbino through almost continuous crisis — expelled by Pope Leo X in 1516 and restored only after Leo's death in 1521, leaving the mint's output fragmented across interrupted periods of actual control. The grosso denomination itself was a northern Italian accounting staple by this point, but Urbino's issues were always small-series affairs given the duchy's limited economic weight relative to its cultural prestige.
CNI XIII records only a handful of die pairings for this type, reflecting genuine rarity rather than collector neglect.