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5 Soldi - Ferdinando I di Borbone
| Issuer | Duchy of Piacenza |
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| Year | 1784-1795 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | Half-length frontal figure of Saint Justina of Antioch, the patron saint and protectress of Piacenza, depicted holding a palm frond in her right hand as a symbol of martyrdom. The figure is rendered in a stylized baroque manner within the coin's field. The denomination SOLD. V appears in the exergue below the figure, separated by a line. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinando I ruled Parma and Piacenza as separate duchies nominally under Bourbon family ties but practically under heavy Habsburg influence through his wife, Maria Amalia of Austria. The billon coinage of this period reflects the chronic shortage of sound silver in the smaller Italian states — these fractional pieces circulated hard through market towns along the Po Valley. The C#6.2 designation distinguishes this from the earlier C#6.1 variety, differentiated by minor die characteristics documented by Cud and Cud.