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1 Zecchino - Johann Jakob Trivulzio
| Issuer | Lordship of Mesocco (Grisons) |
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| Year | 1487-1518 |
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| Value | 1 Zecchino |
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| Reverse description | Standing frontal figure of the Virgin Mary (Santa Maria), depicted in long robes and nimbed, holding attributes consistent with Marian iconography of the late medieval period. The figure occupies the full height of the inner field and is rendered in a hieratic Gothic style typical of Swiss and Lombard ecclesiastical coinage of the late 15th century. A circular Latin legend surrounding the figure proclaims the dedication to the Holy Virgin. The composition closely parallels Marian types used on contemporary north Italian and Swiss ecclesiastical lordship issues. The flan is irregular, as expected for a hammered gold coin of this type. |
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| Reverse lettering | SANCTA MARIA |
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Mesocco's brief experiment with gold coinage stems directly from the Trivulzio acquisition of the Val Mesocco in 1483, when Johann Jakob — the celebrated Milanese condottiere who would later command French forces at the Battle of Marignano — held the valley as an independent lordship before its eventual sale to the Graubünden in 1549. The zecchino format was a deliberate political signal: a Venetian-standard ducat issued by a man whose military reputation exceeded the territory's modest size by some considerable measure.
CNI IV records only a handful of die marriages for this type, consistent with limited mintage throughout the thirty-year window of issue.