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Sesino - Johann Jakob Trivulzio
| Issuer | Lordship of Mesocco |
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| Year | 1487-1518 |
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| Reference(s) | HMZ 1#2-575a, MIR#991 |
| Obverse description | A cross patée occupies the central field, with small crosslets placed in each of the four cantons. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads the lord's name in Latin, with a cross pattée serving as the initial mark. The overall style is typical of late medieval Italian hammered coinage, with irregular flan edges visible. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johann Jakob Trivulzio held Mesocco through a combination of military service to the Sforza and, later, to the French crown — he commanded the forces that took Milan for Louis XII in 1499. His authority over the Val Mesolcina was never entirely secure; the valley was sold to the Graubünden leagues by his heirs in 1549, ending the lordship entirely. The sesino itself was a fractional silver denomination common to northern Italian and Swiss border territories, its small module a practical concession to daily small-value transactions in mountain market towns.