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1 Lira - Scipione Gonzaga
| Issuer | Bozzolo |
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| Year | 1613-1636 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | SCIPION. CARD. GONZ. D. BOZ. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bozzolo was among the smallest of the Po Valley lordships granted minting rights, and the Gonzaga cadet branch ruling it exploited that privilege aggressively. Scipione Gonzaga — not to be confused with the cardinal of the same name from an earlier generation — governed the enclave through the turbulent opening decades of the Thirty Years' War, a period when small north Italian states struggled to maintain economic relevance against debased coinages flooding in from larger neighbors.
The MIR 66 attribution covers the full span of Scipione's rule, meaning dies and minor details vary across that 23-year window.