Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Bolognino - Francis I Gonzaga
| Issuer | Duchy of Mantua |
|---|---|
| Year | 1383-1407 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Bolognino |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Francis I ruled Mantua as Captain-General rather than duke — the Gonzaga did not receive the marquisate until Gianfrancesco I secured it from Sigismund in 1433. The bolognino itself takes its name from Bologna, where the type originated in the thirteenth century and spread across northern Italian signorie as a reliable small-denomination silver for regional trade. Francis I's tenure coincided with the shifting Visconti-led conflicts that repeatedly drew Mantua into condottiere arrangements, and much of the coinage of this period functioned as much as military payment as civic currency.