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8 Bolognini - Alberico II Cybo Malaspina
| Issuer | Massa Di Lunigiana |
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| Year | 1664-1666 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#38, CNI XI#19, MIR#323 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The shield of the Cybo Malaspina arms occupies the central field, quartered and surmounted by a ducal crown with fleurons and arches. The upper portion of the shield displays mountain peaks with towers, emblematic of the Malaspina heraldry, while the lower quarter bears an inescutcheon with further armorial charges. The circumferential Latin legend CVSTODIAT•DOMINVS, meaning 'May the Lord protect', is interrupted by the date 1664, the full legend reading CVSTODIAT•DOMINVS•1664. |
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Alberico II ruled Massa and Carrara as an Imperial fief under increasingly precarious circumstances — his reign saw repeated disputes with neighboring Genoa and persistent pressure from larger Italian powers over the strategic coastal territory. The 8 Bolognini was struck during a narrow three-year window that coincides with a period of relative administrative consolidation before the dynasty's later absorption into the Este family through marriage in the following century.
The Bolognino as a unit of account had deep roots in northern Italian commercial practice, originating in Bologna; its adoption by small signorie like Massa reflected the fragmented monetary geography of the peninsula more than any independent monetary ambition.