Definition

• A diminutive of Moraglia (q.v.), a general term for all coins of dark color probably due to impure silver. As a coin it was first struck in Bologna and Piacenza by Paul III in 1534, of the respective values of two and four Baiocci. It was imitated in Modena in 1542, and in Ferrara, Guastalla, and Correggio shortly afterward. In 1642 the mint at Bologna struck the Murajola of a value of one Bolognino.

  As a Papal coin its value varied considerably. Clement XI issued it equal to eight Baiocci in 1717 fro Bologna and Ferrara; Clement XII for sixteen Baiocci; Benedict XIV in 1747 for four Baiocci; and Pius VI struck it at various mints and of numerous values.

Quelle

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

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