Definition

• The name given to a variety of the silver Luigino (q.v.) of Genoa issued in 1668 and later by the Banco di San Giorgio, under Cesare Gentile. It has on the obverse a crowned shield. supported by two griffins, and on the reverse a Janus head with male and female faces.

Source

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

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