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Trillina - Francesco I
| Issuer | Milan, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1515-1516 |
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| Value | 1 Trillina (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design comprising a floriated or leafy cross with elaborately decorated arms, each terminating in foliate ornaments, set within a beaded inner circle that separates the type from the surrounding legend. The cross, characteristic of Milanese billon coinage of the Valois period, fills the field and exhibits the distinctive leaf-like embellishments associated with this denomination. The peripheral Latin legend MEDIOLANI DVX ET C` encircles the design, affirming Francis I's title as Duke of Milan, and is consistent with hammered coinage style of the early sixteenth century. |
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Francesco II Sforza did not issue this coin — the Francesco in question is François I of France, who seized Milan in September 1515 following his victory at Marignano, one of the most decisive engagements of the Italian Wars. The trillina was a fractional billon denomination deeply embedded in Milanese daily commerce, and François continued striking it under his own authority as Duke of Milan during his brief first occupation of the city before the Sforza were restored with Imperial backing in 1521.