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Grosso - Francis Maria I Pesaro, arms
| Issuer | Duchy of Urbino (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1508-1516 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | VOTIS ASSISTE PISAVRI |
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Francesco Maria I della Rovere became Duke of Urbino in 1508 after his uncle Guidobaldo I died without an heir, but his tenure was immediately contested. Pope Leo X expelled him from the duchy in 1516, handing Urbino to his own nephew Lorenzo de' Medici — which neatly closes the window on this issue. The della Rovere arms on the grosso are therefore the product of an eight-year reign spent largely in military and diplomatic friction with Rome.
CNI XIII attributes only a handful of examples to the Pesaro mint for this type, and Francesco Maria's Pesaro coinage is consistently underrepresented relative to his Urbino output.