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Trillina - Johann Jakob Trivulzio
| Issuer | Lordship of Mesocco |
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| Year | 1487-1518 |
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| Currency | Testone (1487-1549) |
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| Obverse description | A bold cross fleury with bifurcated terminals occupies the central field, quartering the flan into four sections. The arms of the cross are rendered in relief with decorative fleur-de-lis finials at each extremity. A beaded inner circle frames the cross, with a partially legible Latin legend running along the outer periphery. The design is characteristic of late-medieval Italian seigneurial coinage, struck on an irregular flan by the hammer method. |
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| Mintage | ND (1487-1518) |
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Johann Jakob Trivulzio held Mesocco as an imperial fief while simultaneously serving as a Marshal of France — one of the more improbable dual allegiances of the Italian Wars period. His lordship over the Val Mesocco was ceded to the Graubünden in 1549, well after his death, ending a brief dynasty of petty coinage that had no business existing on this scale. The trillina, a fractional copper denomination, circulated within an Alpine valley economy largely indifferent to the political theater playing out below.