1 Grosso "Tirolino" - Luigi or Guido

Features

Issuer	Duchy of Mantua (Italian States)
Lord	Louis I (1328-1360) Guy (1360-1369)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1328-1369
Composition	Srebro
Weight	1.5 g
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 448817
References	MIR LOM# 370 Alberto Varesi; 2000. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 1. Lombardia, zecche minori (2^nd Edition). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. , MEC XII# 487 William R. Day Jr., Michael Matzke, Andrea Saccocci; 2016. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 12: Italy I - Northern Italy: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. , Biaggi# 1122 Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy.

Series: Tirolino

Obverse

(en) Eagle spreading wings, head turned left, within reeded inner circle. Legend ends with small shield of Gonzaga.

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: ✠ VIRGILIVS ✿ ✿

Lettering (regular font): ✠ VIRGILIVS ✿ ✿

Reverse

(en) Offset intersecting crosses, the longer one with annulet at tip of each arm, dividing reeded inner circle and legend.

Script: łacina (uncjalna)

Lettering: ✿ DE MANTVA✿

Lettering (regular font): ✿ DE MANTVA✿

Mint

Mantua, Italy

Comments

(en)

In MEC 12 (p.392-393), Day et al. say that the Mantua coinage of the Bonacolsi era was following the Veronese standards and designs (see link), placing the grosso tirolino (and several other types) earlier than they were traditionally attributed by other catalogers, who place this coin in the reigns of Louis II and Guy. They place it at 1311 or shortly after.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1328-1369)

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