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1 Rolabasso - Ludovico II
| Issuer | Marquisate of Saluzzo (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1475-1504 |
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| Value | 1 Rolabasso (6) |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Marquis Ludovico II facing left, wearing a visored helmet decorated with a cross, with flowing drapery visible at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in a bold, late-medieval Italian style characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. An inner beaded border frames the central device. The circumferential Latin legend reads +LVDOVICVS. M. SALVTIARVM., identifying the issuer as Ludovico, Marquis of Saluzzo. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint Constantius, the patron saint of Saluzzo, depicted facing front in long episcopal or saintly robes, raising one hand in blessing and holding an attribute in the other. The figure is rendered in a schematic late-Gothic style typical of north Italian hammered silver coinage of the late fifteenth century. An inner beaded border surrounds the central field. The circumferential Latin legend SANCT. CONSTANTIVS. identifies the saint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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