1 Trillina - Johann Jakob Trivulzio Small M

Trivulzio held Mesocco as a feudal grant from the Sforza dukes of Milan, but the valley's inhabitants spent much of his tenure actively trying to rid themselves of him. In 1496 and again in 1506, the Mesochers negotiated directly with the Graubünden leagues for annexation — they eventually succeeded in 1516, barely two years before Trivulzio's death rendered the question moot. That this copper fractional survived at all is partly explained by the valley's isolation: small-denomination coinage from minor Lombard lordships rarely traveled far enough to wear out.