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6 Doppie - Scipione Gonzaga
| Issuer | Bozzolo (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1640 |
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| Currency | Lira (1497-1670) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Scipione Gonzaga facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed long hair and elaborately worked armour or mantle visible at the truncation. The effigy is set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend, in Latin, reads SCIP D G DVX SABL S R I E BOZ PRI ET C, recording his titles as Duke, Prince of Bozzolo, and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| Reverse lettering | MARCH HOST COM POM ET C |
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Bozzolo was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the Mantuan satellite lordships, and large gold multiples from its mint were almost certainly struck as presentation pieces rather than circulating currency. Scipione Gonzaga ruled the tiny enclave under imperial sufferance, and coins of this weight and metal functioned primarily as diplomatic gifts and court largesse — physical demonstrations of dynastic legitimacy for a family whose actual political leverage was minimal.
At 39+ grams, surviving examples are extremely rare in any condition. The denomination itself, a 6 doppie, places it among the heaviest gold issues from any of the minor Gonzaga branches.