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Dardenna Ste Dévote - Antoine I
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1720 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a standing figure of Sainte Dévote, patron saint of Monaco, shown in profile facing left, dressed in robes and raising one hand in a gesture of blessing or protection, standing on a ground line. The date 17-20 is divided on either side of the figure in the field. The surrounding Latin legend TV. NOS. AB. HOSTE. PRO. S. DEV. — an abbreviated invocation meaning 'Protect us from the enemy, Saint Dévote' — encircles the design, with S. DEV. appearing in the lower exergual area. The reverse exhibits a denticulated inner border consistent with milled coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | TV. NOS. AB. HOSTE. PRO. 17 20 S. DEV |
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Antoine I ruled Monaco under French suzerainty at a time when the principality's coinage was barely distinguishable in function from emergency local currency. The Dardenna — a Monaco-specific denomination with no direct equivalent in the French royal system — was struck to address chronic small-change shortages that plagued the principality throughout the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Antoine's issues in copper were produced in limited quantities and circulated hard within a tiny territory, which is precisely why survivors in any presentable condition are genuinely difficult to place.