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2 Ducati - Gianfrancesco II
| Issuer | Duchy of Mirandola |
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| Year | 1515-1533 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#29, Fr#744, MIR#468, CNI IX#15 |
| Obverse description | Armored bust of Gianfrancesco II Pico della Mirandola facing right, depicted with curly hair and a short beard, clad in articulated plate armor with decorative details at the collar. The effigy occupies the full height of the field in high relief, rendered in the refined Renaissance style characteristic of early sixteenth-century Italian coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, reading RAND·D·C·C··I·F·PICVSM, an abbreviated titulature identifying the ruler as lord of Mirandola and count of Concordia. |
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| Reverse description | A kneeling devotional figure, likely a pilgrim or saint, is depicted in three-quarter view facing left, raising the right hand in a gesture of veneration or supplication, with a shield or tablet resting against the body in the lower field. A small flowering branch appears in the upper right portion of the field. The scene alludes to a Marian miracle associated with Mirandola, consistent with the reverse legend MIRACVLVM··AMORIS·, meaning 'Miracle of Love', which encircles the central device in a continuous Latin inscription. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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