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Mezzo 1/2 Giulio - Alessandro
| Issuer | Duchy of Florence |
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| Year | 1532-1537 |
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| Value | 1/2 Giulio (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned Medici coat of arms — a shield bearing six roundels (palle) arranged in the traditional Medici disposition — suspended from an ornate mantle tied with a decorative knot beneath a ducal crown. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle. The circumferential legend in Latin reads ALEXANDER MED R P FLOREN DVX, identifying Alessandro de' Medici as Duke of the Florentine Republic. The coin is struck on an irregular flan with a beaded border, characteristic of hammered Renaissance coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | •ALEXANDER•MED•R•P•FLOREN•DVX• (Translation: Alessandro Medici, Duke of the People's Republic of Florence) |
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Alessandro de' Medici's tenure as Duke of Florence — the first duke, technically, after Clement VII and Charles V reshaped the republic into a hereditary state in 1532 — ended with his murder by his cousin Lorenzino in January 1537. The coinage struck across those five years consequently spans a narrow window, and the mezzo giulio denomination was tied directly to the papal monetary system Alessandro's family had long dominated.
Lorenzino fled to Venice after the killing, never facing trial.