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1 Quattrino - Filippo V
| Issuer | Duchy of Milan |
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| Year | 1701-1713 |
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| Reference(s) | MIR MI#397 , CNI V#25-30 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Philip V facing right, depicted with long flowing hair falling over the shoulders in the late Baroque style. The effigy is rendered in low relief on a plain field, characteristic of hammered copper coinage of the period. A partial Latin legend encircles the bust, reading PHILIPPVS V REX H, referencing his title as King of Hispania and Duke of Milan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·PHILIPPVS·V·REX·H |
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Filippo V of Spain inherited Milan through the 1700 will of the childless Carlos II, a bequest that immediately triggered the War of the Spanish Succession. Milan spent the entire duration of this conflict — 1701 to 1713 — as a contested administrative territory, with Spanish authority challenged by Habsburg forces operating out of Austria. The quattrino was the lowest-denomination copper coinage of the duchy, and continued striking it under Filippo's name was as much a statement of administrative continuity as anything else.
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 transferred Milan to Habsburg Austria, ending Spanish rule in northern Italy permanently.