Definition

• A base silver coin of the value of two and a half Soldi struck by the Emperor Charles V for the Duchy of Milan (1535-1556). Louis XII of France issued it for Asti, and William II (1464-1483) for Casale. At Correggio, under Camillo of Austria (1597-1606), it had a value of three Soldi; it was struck at Montalcino in Tuscairy in 1556 and 1557, and at Mirandola and Siena about the same time. See Rassegna Numismatica (xi. 31-34).

  All of the preceding are probably copied from a Swiss coin, known as the Parp?ole, which continued in use until the sixteenth century. It was quite common in the canton of Waadt, under Barthelemi Chuet, Bishop of Lausanne (1469-1472).

Source

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

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