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Quattrino - Francis II dog, reliquary
| Issuer | Duchy of Mantua |
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| Year | 1484-1519 |
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| Value | 1 Quattrino (1⁄480) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1484-1519) |
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Francis II Gonzaga ruled Mantua through a period of constant military entanglement — he commanded the League of Venice forces at Fornovo in 1495, a battle so chaotic that both sides claimed victory while Charles VIII's French army simply marched home intact. The quattrino bearing his reliquary type belongs to a devotional coinage tradition the Gonzaga cultivated carefully, tying dynastic legitimacy to sacred imagery at a time when Mantua's political position depended on appearing indispensable to whichever Italian power needed a condottiere.
MIR 435 is among the more elusive of his copper issues. Francis died in 1519, the same year his court painter Mantegna's estate was still being settled.