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1 Quattrino - Gian Giacomo de` Medici Cross
| Issuer | Marquisate of Musso (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1528-1530 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | A bold floriated cross with trefoil or cloud-shaped terminals at each arm occupies the central field, enclosed within a plain inner circle. The cross is rendered in high relief relative to the coin's small module, with the four lobed arms creating a decorative quatrefoil effect characteristic of Renaissance Italian civic coinage. A circular Latin legend runs between the inner circle and the outer beaded border, naming the issuer's titles. The flan is notably irregular, consistent with hand-struck hammered production. |
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| Mintage | ND (1528-1530) |
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Gian Giacomo de' Medici — the so-called "Medeghino" — seized the fortress of Musso on Lake Como in 1523 and held it by a combination of piracy, mercenary violence, and opportunistic alliance-switching throughout the Italian Wars. His tiny lakeside lordship was never a legitimate political entity in any conventional sense; it existed because the chaos of competing French and Habsburg claims over northern Italy left local strongmen briefly ungoverned. The quattrino was struck during that window, and the marquisate itself was dissolved in 1532 when he sold Musso to the Habsburgs.