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Bolognino Grosso - Urban V
| Issuer | Papal States - Bologna Mint |
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| Year | 1362-1370 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Pope Urban V depicted in high relief within a beaded inner circle, wearing the papal tiara (triregnum) with visible tiers. The figure is shown draped in pontifical vestments with hands raised in a gesture of blessing. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic flat, stylized Gothic manner typical of 14th-century Italian hammered coinage. The surrounding legend, interrupted by pellets, reads VRBAN PP V, identifying the issuing pontiff. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Urban V — the only medieval pope to have been beatified primarily for his personal austerity rather than any political achievement — returned the papacy briefly to Rome in 1367 after more than six decades of Avignon residency, though he retreated back to France before his death in 1370. The Bologna mint operated under ongoing tension throughout his pontificate: the city had revolted against papal authority in 1360, just two years before this type was introduced, and the Bolognese remained restive subjects for the duration of his reign.
The bolognino grosso denomination itself had deep local roots predating papal control of the mint, which accounts for its persistence as a distinct regional type rather than being absorbed into the broader papal coinage system.