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Quattrino - Francis Maria I Gubbio, tree
| Issuer | Duchy of Urbino (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1508-1538 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized tree occupies the central field, depicted upright with spreading branches, enclosed within a beaded or plain inner circle. The design is characteristic of the heraldic or symbolic reverse types employed on minor billon denominations of the Duchy of Urbino. The surrounding marginal legend names the issuing ruler and his ducal title, interspersed with cross pattée ornaments serving as word dividers. The overall execution reflects the irregular, hand-struck quality typical of Italian States hammered coinage of the early sixteenth century. |
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Francesco Maria I della Rovere ruled Urbino through almost continuous upheaval — expelled by Pope Leo X in 1516 and replaced with Lorenzo de' Medici, he retook the duchy by force in 1521 after Leo's death. Coinage struck across that thirty-year window therefore spans two distinct periods of actual control, separated by five years of exile, which complicates precise attribution of individual specimens to either phase of his rule.
Gubbio's mint was a secondary operation within the duchy, producing small billon fractions primarily for local market use. The CNI XIV references for this type show die variation across the 52–57 range.