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1 parpaiolle - Anonyme des Radicati
| Issuer | County of Cocconato |
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| Year | 1581-1598 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of arms surmounted by a crown, the upper two quarters each bearing an eagle displayed, the lower quarters featuring a rampant lion and a floral device respectively. The shield is framed by ornate scrollwork cartouche. Partial circular legend surrounds the field, reading MONETA PASE CC, partially visible along the rim of this irregularly struck hammered flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA PASE CC |
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The Radicati were a noble Piedmontese family who held Cocconato as an imperial fief, and their anonymous billon issues of the late sixteenth century reflect a broader pattern of small lordships asserting minting rights under Habsburg suzerainty — often on legally dubious grounds. The parpaiolle was a low-denomination workhorse of Savoyard monetary circulation, its value so marginal that counterfeiting it was barely worth the effort, yet authorities periodically suppressed local imitations anyway.
The CNI records at least four die varieties across this issue, suggesting sustained if modest production across the seventeen-year window.