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20 Soldi - Federico Landi
| Issuer | Principality of Compiano |
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| Year | 1622-1623 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Federico Landi, Prince of Compiano, facing right, depicted in three-quarter view with elaborate period armor and ruffled collar. The effigy is rendered in a late Renaissance style typical of early seventeenth-century Italian princely coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, running along the periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint John the Baptist, the patron and protector of the principality, facing slightly left and draped in a mantle, holding a long cross-staff in his right hand and a lamb or book in his left. The figure stands on a ground line above the denomination mark XX, indicating the value of twenty soldi. The Latin legend surrounding the field identifies the saint as protector, and pellet stops separate the abbreviated inscription. |
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