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Grosso de 3 bolognini
| Issuer | Republic of Lucca |
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| Year | 1369-1799 |
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| Value | 1 Grosso (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the letters L-U-C-A are arranged around a central rosette, the whole set within a quatrefoil frame with beaded borders, pellets at the cusps, and stylised floral ornaments at the outer angles. A circular legend in Latin runs between the inner and outer beaded borders. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Lucca's extraordinary run as an independent republic — one of the longest-lived in Italian history, surviving from the medieval period until Napoleon suppressed it in 1799 — means this type spans over four centuries of continuous issue. The remarkable design conservatism was deliberate policy: Lucca maintained the facing bust of Volto Santo, the city's sacred relic, as a mark of civic and religious continuity even as every neighboring signoria collapsed or was absorbed.
The MIR 155/2 variety corresponds to the later emission sequence. CNI XI distinguishes two closely related die pairings at nos. 73 and 74, differentiated by minor legend punctuation.