1 Quattrino - Filippo V

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.