Francis Maria II della Rovere was the last Duke of Urbino, a man who outlived his only son Federigo in 1623 and ultimately ceded the duchy to the Papal States in 1631 rather than see it pass to a collateral heir. The sedicine — a small silver denomination peculiar to central Italian states — circulated during a reign defined less by military ambition than by the duke's retreat into scholarship and his famous library, which he eventually transferred to the Vatican.
The CNI XIII reference remaining unnumbered signals this as either a poorly documented variety or a type known from very few specimens at the time of cataloging.
Francis Maria II della Rovere was the last Duke of Urbino, a man who outlived his only son Federigo in 1623 and ultimately ceded the duchy to the Papal States in 1631 rather than see it pass to a collateral heir. The sedicine — a small silver denomination peculiar to central Italian states — circulated during a reign defined less by military ambition than by the duke's retreat into scholarship and his famous library, which he eventually transferred to the Vatican.
The CNI XIII reference remaining unnumbered signals this as either a poorly documented variety or a type known from very few specimens at the time of cataloging.