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1 Scudo d`oro - Antonio Maria Tizzone
| Issuer | County of Desana (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1630-1641 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ANT MAR TITI COM DEC V I P |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Desana was a minuscule imperial fief in the Po Valley, and the Tizzone family's right to strike gold was perpetually contested — the county's coinage authority rested on old imperial grants that larger neighboring powers, Savoy chief among them, regarded with open skepticism. Antonio Maria Tizzone ruled from 1630 to 1641, a period bracketed by the plague of 1630 that devastated Piedmont and Lombardy, killing perhaps a third of the regional population and collapsing local commerce. That any gold was struck here at all during those years is notable.