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Trillina Anonime dei Fieschi
| Issuer | Fieschi Lords of Masserano |
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| Year | 1492-1521 |
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| Value | Trilllina = 3 Denari (1/4) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a stylized heraldic or devotional motif, heavily worn and consistent with the crude execution typical of this anonymous Fieschi trillina issue. The peripheral legend SANCTA ET B AVE CRVX (Holy and Blessed Hail the Cross) encircles the design, invoking the Veneration of the Holy Cross, a common religious formula on north Italian feudal copper coinage of this era. The strike is irregular and the flan is notably uneven, typical of hammered production at minor seigneurial mints. Details are largely obscured by wear and surface corrosion. |
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| Mint | Masserano |
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The Fieschi grip on Masserano was perpetually contested — a minor lordship in the Piedmontese foothills that changed hands repeatedly between the Fieschi and the Avogadro families across the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. These anonymous trillinas were struck without identifying the specific lord precisely because authority over the mint was itself uncertain. The omission of a name was a political hedge as much as a minting convention.
CNI II records at least six die variants within this type, suggesting sustained if small-scale production across the full three decades of Fieschi control.