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| Emittent | Duchy of Sabbioneta (Italian States) |
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| Jahr | 1562-1565 |
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| Währung | Lira (1562-1707) |
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| Averslegende | VESPASIANVS GON COL M ET C |
| Reversbeschreibung | Central field dominated by a large ornate cross fleury, its four arms elaborately decorated with floral terminals and a small cross pattee at the centre, all struck in bold hammered relief against a plain field. The cross is enclosed within a beaded inner border. The surrounding Latin legend, reading clockwise, presents the pious motto: FORTITVDO ET LAVS MEA DOMINV[S], a Scriptural invocation meaning 'The Lord is my strength and my praise' (Exodus 15:2). |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Sabbioneta was a planned city built almost entirely from Vespasiano Gonzaga's personal ambition — he broke ground in 1558 and methodically constructed a ducal capital, complete with palace, theatre, and mint, on flat Lombard farmland. The coinage followed the city itself: an assertion of sovereign status rather than a response to economic need. Vespasiano held the Imperial title of Duke only from 1577, so this scudo predates that elevation, struck when his authority rested on the lordship granted by Philip II of Spain.
The Sabbioneta mint never produced large volumes. Surviving gold from this early period is genuinely scarce.