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4 Scudi d'Oro - Francesco I
| Issuer | Modena and Reggio, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1629-1658 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRAN I M REG E G DVX VIII G ·F · M |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Francesco I d'Este ruled Modena during one of the most turbulent stretches in northern Italian history, navigating the pressures of the Thirty Years' War and the competing interests of the French and Habsburg empires with calculated opportunism. The duchy's gold coinage of this period served diplomatic as much as commercial purposes — large-denomination pieces like this were instruments of statecraft, suitable for payments, gifts, and ransoms at a level no silver could match.
The CNI reference range spanning #151 through #177 indicates meaningful die variation across this issue, consistent with a long reign and multiple emission campaigns over nearly three decades.