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Quattrino - Guidobaldo I of Montefeltro Casteldurante, square shield
| Issuer | Duchy of Urbino (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1482-1508 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Truncated bust of Guidobaldo I da Montefeltro facing left, depicted in Renaissance portrait style with hair worn long beneath a cap or helmet, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding circular legend reads in Latin, separated by floral or pellet stops, identifying the ruler as Duke of Urbino. The portrait is rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered coinage of the period, with facial features and hair rendered in summary but recognizable style. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guidobaldo I inherited Urbino in 1482 at age ten following the death of his father Federigo, one of the most celebrated condottieri of the fifteenth century. His reign proved a turbulent one — Cesare Borgia seized the duchy in 1502, forcing Guidobaldo into exile, before a reversal of Borgia fortunes allowed his restoration the following year. Small bronze fractional coinage like this quattrino kept local markets functioning through that entire disruption, minted at Casteldurante rather than the capital. The square shield variant distinguishes it within the CNI sequence from the rounder shield types struck across the same window.