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1 Lira - Scipione Gonzaga
| Issuer | Bozzolo |
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| Year | 1614 |
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| Value | 1 Lira |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Scipione Gonzaga facing right, wearing armour and a ruffled collar, with curly hair. The effigy is rendered in the late Renaissance portrait style typical of Italian feudal coinage of the early seventeenth century. The circumferential Latin legend reads: + SCIP GON S R I BOZVLIQP II TEC 1614, incorporating the ruler's abbreviated titles and the date at the base of the field. A beaded inner border frames the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | NITENDVN ARCE IN |
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Bozzolo was among the smallest of the Lombard fiefdoms permitted to strike its own coinage — a privilege jealously maintained by the Gonzaga branch that ruled there as Imperial vassals. Scipione Gonzaga became lord of Bozzolo in 1613, meaning this lira was struck in only his second year of rule. The tiny mint's output was modest and irregular, which accounts for the rarity of most Bozzolo issues today.