Definición

• A silver coin, which, as its name indicates, bears a large eagle on the obverse, and is common to a number of Italian States.

  It was issued at Padua during the Republican period (1200-1318), and from its size was generally known as the Grosso Aquilino. At Treviso it was struck by Enrico II di Gorizia (1319-1323); at Mantua by the Gonzaga family in the latter part of the fourteenth century; and at Aquila under Joanna II of Durazzo (1414-1435) and her successors. The last-named coin was lso called Cella or Trentino and had a value of half a Paolo. It bore an eagle with outstretched wings, which received the popular name of Uccello, i.e., a bird, and this in turn was corrupted to Cella.

Fuente

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

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