Definition

• Originally a silver coin of Bologna issued during the Republican pe- riod (1191-1337), and of the value of half a Grosso. It also occurs in the coinage of Modena as a Republic (1226-1293) ; was copied for Aquila, under Ludovico II (1382-1384), and is found as a billon coin in Ferrara in the thirteenth century. The half of the same coin was known as the Ferrarino.

  In the sixteenth century, when Bologna was under Papal rule, a Bolognino was struck in copper. Copper Bolognini were also issued for Modena under Rinaldo (1694-1737), and for Lucca early in the eighteenth century.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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