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Scudo d-Oro del Sole - Johann Jakob Trivulzio
| Issuer | Mesocco, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1487-1518 |
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| Weight | 3.40 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT |
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Johann Jakob Trivulzio acquired the lordship of Mesocco in 1483, absorbing it into his growing network of northern Italian and Graubünden holdings. A condottiere who would later command French forces at the Battle of Novara, he was one of the more unlikely figures to exercise mint rights in the Swiss alpine territories. The Scudo d'Oro del Sole type follows the French écu au soleil standard, a deliberate alignment with French monetary policy at a moment when Trivulzio's political fortunes were tightly bound to the Valois crown.
The lordship passed out of the Trivulzio family by 1518, closing this coinage's window sharply.