Bussola Public Deposited

Definition

  • A popular name for the Grosso issued at Mantua from the period of Ludovico III. Gonzaga (1444- 1478) to Carlo II (1637-1647). The word means a pyx, and these coins have on the obverse the figure of a pyx, used for hold- ing the host.

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

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