4 Doppie - Pius VI

Pius VI's Bologna issues of the 1780s came during a pontificate under mounting fiscal and political pressure — Joseph II's reformist Catholicism was actively dismantling Church authority across Habsburg territories, and Pius had traveled personally to Vienna in 1782 in a failed attempt to reverse the trend. The Bologna mint, operating under papal license rather than direct Vatican control, continued producing high-denomination gold for local commercial use largely independent of Rome's immediate monetary crises.

The 4 Doppie denomination — equivalent to roughly eight Roman scudi in gold — was one of the heavier multiples struck at Bologna and saw limited production runs in most years. Fr#384 is among the scarcer Fürst references for this pontificate.