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Quattrino - Francesco d'Este

Features

Issuer Marquisate of Massa Lombarda (Italian States)
Marquess Francesco d'Este (1544-1578)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1564-1578
Value Quattrino
Currency Scudo
Composition Billon
Weight 0.6 g
Diameter 16 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Number
N#
559455
References MIR EM# 465
Alberto Varesi; 2009. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 3. Emilia (2nd Edition). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy.
, CNI X# 93-96
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1927. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 10. Emilia (Parte II), Bologna e Ferrara Ravenna e Rimini: Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy.

Obverse

Crowned three line inscription, wreath surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FR • E •
• M • M
AS

Translation: Francesco d'Este, Marquess of Massa (Lombarda)

Reverse

Flower pot ,wreath surrounding.

Mint

Massa Lombarda, Italy

Comments

Varieties exist.

This type imitates the design of a quattrino of Guidobaldo II of Urbino (see link).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1564-1578) 

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