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Sesino - Charles Emmanuel III
| Issuer | Parma and Piacenza, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1744-1745 |
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| Currency | Lira (?-1802) |
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| Reverse description | A bold foliate cross occupies the entire reverse field, with each of the four arms terminating in decorative foliate or acanthus-like flourishes. One or three small pellets appear at the tip of each arm, a distinguishing detail between the two known varieties. The legend SALVS MUNDI is distributed around the cross within a beaded border, reading in an arc divided by the arms of the cross. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Parma only from 1731 to 1735 — the attribution here almost certainly refers to the later Bourbon duke Philip I, who took Parma in 1748, or possibly to a transitional issue struck during the Austrian occupation preceding the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. The mid-1740s were a period of contested sovereignty over Parma, with the duchy changing hands effectively through the War of the Austrian Succession. A sesino struck in 1744–45 would have circulated under genuinely uncertain political authority.