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4 soldi - Siro d`Autriche prince de Correggio
| Issuer | Principality of Correggio (Correggio, Italian States) |
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| Year | 1616-1630 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Quartered coat of arms of the d'Austria-Correggio family surmounted by an imperial eagle displayed, enclosed within an ornate cartouche. The shield is divided into four quarters bearing heraldic devices associated with the ruling house. A bishop's crosier appears to the right of the shield. The Latin legend SYRVS AVSTR CORR PRIN (Siro d'Austria, Prince of Correggio) encircles the arms in the outer field, partially visible on the irregular flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | SYRVS AVSTR CORR PRIN |
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Siro d'Austria — the name alone signals the political maneuvering behind this issue. He was a legitimized descendant of the Habsburg line through Ferdinand of Austria, and the Principality of Correggio clung to that connection for survival, wedged as it was between the Duchy of Parma and the Duchy of Modena. The billon composition reflects chronic silver shortages that plagued the smaller north Italian states through the early seventeenth century, forcing mints to stretch their coinage with increasing copper content.
Siro ruled until 1630, the year Correggio was devastated by plague during the broader catastrophe that swept Lombardy and Emilia.