Definition

• A silver coin of Bellinzona, issued early in the fifteenth century for the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. The obverse has an eagle over a serpent, with the inscription + MONETA -- BELLIZONA. On the reverse is an eight-armed cross, four arms of which divide the inscription VRI -- SVIT -- VNDE -- RVAL. This coin is frequently termed the Grosso Tirolino, but the expression Tirolino is used by some authorities to indicate a mezzo Grosso.

  The type was copied by the Fieschi family for Crevacuore during the sixteenth century.

Source

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

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