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1 Testone - Pierluca II
| Issuer | Masserano |
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| Year | 1528-1547 |
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| Weight | 8.68 g |
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| Obverse description | Imperial eagle displayed in the central field, wings spread and head turned to the right, rendered in the late medieval heraldic style characteristic of north Italian lordships. The eagle's detailed feathering and talons are clearly delineated within an inner beaded border. The surrounding circular legend reads PETRVS LVCAS FLISCVS LA M C, identifying the issuing lord Pierluca II Fieschi of Masserano. The lettering is separated by pellet stops and runs along the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·PETRVS·LVCAS·FLISCVS·LA·M·C· |
| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint Theonestus (Santo Teonesto), patron saint of Masserano, depicted facing forward in bishop's vestments and holding a palm frond in his right hand and what appears to be a model of a church or tower in his left, within an inner beaded border. The saint's robes are rendered with fine linear drapery typical of hammered Renaissance coinage from northern Italian mints. The surrounding legend reads SANTVS TEONESTVS MAR, identifying the martyr saint with abbreviated title, separated by pellet stops. The composition follows the established iconographic tradition of civic patron saints on Italian testone coinage of the sixteenth century. |
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