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2 Doppie - Ferdinand Charles III
| Issuer | Duchy of Mantua (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1665-1708 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Ferdinand Charles III facing right, rendered in high relief in the Baroque manner, with long flowing hair and ornate armored pauldron visible at the shoulder. The effigy is set within a plain inner circle. The Latin legend encircles the portrait along the outer border, reading FERDIN CAR D G DVX MANTVÆ, identifying the ruler by name and title as Duke of Mantua by the grace of God. |
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| Reverse lettering | M FER CAR VIL GVASTALÆ ET C FIDES |
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Ferdinand Charles III ruled Mantua under direct Habsburg pressure for the entirety of this issue's production span, a period that ended catastrophically when he sided with France during the War of Spanish Succession. The decision cost him everything — Emperor Joseph I declared him a rebel in 1708, confiscated his territories, and extinguished the Gonzaga line's rule over Mantua permanently. This coin was struck within a duchy already in steep economic and political decline, its autonomy increasingly nominal.
Fr#591 places this among the documented Frenchified gold issues of the late Italian Gonzaga succession, a series complicated by interrupted production and court instability throughout the 1690s.