6 Doppie - Scipione Gonzaga

Bozzolo was among the smallest of the Lombard appanage states — a pocket principality carved from Gonzaga family inheritance that had no business striking coins at this weight and prestige level. The 6 Doppie denomination was an assertion of dynastic legitimacy as much as a monetary instrument, issued under Scipione Gonzaga whose rule over this minor fief was perpetually shadowed by the encroaching dominance of Spanish Milan. Coins of this type circulated far outside Bozzolo itself, passing through merchant networks where gold weight mattered more than the issuing authority behind it.

KM#60 is rare in any condition. The tiny Bozzolo mint lacked the production infrastructure of larger Italian states, and survivors show it.