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1 luigino - Maria Maddalena Imitation de Dombes Ponzanello
| Issuer | Fosdinovo, Marquisate of |
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| Year | 1669 |
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| Value | 1 Luigino |
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| Reverse description | A crowned heraldic shield bearing three fleurs-de-lis in pale and a label with four pendants, imitating the arms of the House of Dombes. The crown above the shield is adorned with three prominent fleurs-de-lis. The date 1669 is divided on either side of the shield in the field. A circular Latin legend is contained within a beaded border around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Luigini — small silver coins nominally imitating French issues — flooded the Levant trade routes throughout the 1660s, where Ottoman merchants accepted them by weight rather than face value. Dozens of minor Italian lordships struck their own versions specifically for this export market, producing coins that never circulated domestically for a single day. Fosdinovo's Malaspina marquisate was among the smallest of these opportunistic mints.
The Ponzanello mint attribution distinguishes this piece from other Fosdinovo luigini struck under Maria Maddalena Centurione Malaspina's regency.