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Parpagliola - Rodolfo Gonzaga
| Issuer | Gonzaga, Rodolfo - Signoria of Castiglione delle Stiviere |
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| Year | 1586-1593 |
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| Weight | 1.5 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a floriated or cross pattée design, with four ornamental terminals filling the quadrants within an inner beaded or plain circle. The motif is consistent with the devotional imagery of the Redemption through the Cross, as referenced by the surrounding legend. The circular Latin legend CRVS·CRISTI·RED·NOST — an abbreviation of Crux Christi Redemptio Nostra, meaning 'The Cross of Christ our Redemption' — runs along the outer margin. The strike is characteristic of hammered billon production, with slight weakness and an irregular flan typical of this minor feudal denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | CRVS·CRISTI·RED·NOST |
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Rodolfo Gonzaga received the lordship of Castiglione delle Stiviere as a cadet branch concession, one of several territorial splinterings of Gonzaga authority across the Mantuan sphere during the sixteenth century. His signoria was modest enough that his coinage — billon issues like this parpagliola — served a purely local transactional function, circulating within a territory of little strategic weight. Rodolfo died in 1593 without male heirs, and the lordship passed to his brother Luigi, who would later be canonized.