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Baiocchella - Rodolfo Fano type, church
| Issuer | Castiglione Delle Stiviere |
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| Year | 1586-1593 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Pope Sixtus V facing left, rendered in a crude but expressive hammered style characteristic of late 16th-century Italian minor coinage. The pontiff's bearded effigy is depicted wearing papal vestments, with the legend arranged around the periphery of the irregular flan. The portrait occupies the majority of the field, with visible flan irregularities consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Obverse lettering | S • SIXTVS • P • MA • (Translation: Sixtus, supreme pontiff.) |
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Castiglione delle Stiviere's coinage authority in the late sixteenth century rested with the Gonzaga cadet branch established there, operating under imperial privilege. The Rodolfo Fano attribution links this type to a specific local die-cutter rather than a mint master — an unusually precise piece of documentary survival for a minor lordship issue of this scale. Billon struck for local circulation in this period frequently incorporated church imagery as a deliberate assertion of confessional loyalty during the Counter-Reformation, when even small signorie were advertising their Catholic credentials in tangible, transactional form.