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1 Scudo - Odoardo Farnese
| Issuer | Piacenza, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1628-1636 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint Antoninus of Piacenza, patron and protector of the city, depicted facing front and holding a military pennant or standard in his right hand. The saint is rendered in elaborate period costume with fine detail. The circular legend ·S:ANTONIVS·M:PROT:PLAC· surrounds the figure, and the date flanked by the mintmaster's initials appears in the exergue, divided as *L·1628·X* (or corresponding year and initials for subsequent issues). A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1628 LX - - 1629 LX - - 1630 LX - - 1631 LF - - 1632 LF - - 1636 LF - - |
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Odoardo Farnese inherited Piacenza and Parma at age fifteen and spent much of his reign entangled in the disastrous Castro War, a territorial dispute with Pope Urban VIII that would eventually ruin the dynasty's finances and, a generation later, cost his son Ranuccio II the duchy's independence entirely. These scudi were struck during the relatively solvent years before that conflict ignited in 1641, when Farnese coffers could still support proper silver coinage at high fineness.
Piacenza's mint output across this period was never large. Surviving examples in problem-free condition are genuinely scarce.