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1 Rolabasso - Bonifacio IV Paleologo
| Issuer | Marquisate of Montferrat |
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| Year | 1518-1530 |
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| Reference(s) | MIR#223 II#44/48 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bonifacio IV inherited Montferrat in 1518 under French protection, and the marquisate's billon coinage of this period reflects the fiscal strain of a small north Italian state caught between French and Habsburg competition for control of the peninsula. The rolabasso — a denomination peculiar to Montferrat — circulated as a workhorse coin in local trade while the marquis navigated shifting political allegiances that would ultimately define whether the territory survived intact.
Bonifacio died in 1530 without a male heir, triggering the succession crisis that eventually brought Montferrat under Gonzaga rule in 1536.