Zecca di Asti

According to a historically accepted subdivision the municipal currency of Asti can be divided into three periods^[1].

However, this subdivision has been overtaken by more recent studies.^[2]

Bianchetto
SECOND HEALTHS and head of San Secondo	crucified and written MARCHO MONTISF
(1356-1372), John II Palaeologus,

In 1338, the Marquis of Monferrato, supporting the faction Ghibellina, occupied Asti, holding it for about thirty years.

• Strong white (mixture), about 18mm diameter and 1 gram of weight.

The right crucified and written MARCHO MONTISF, triangle shield of Monferrato.
To the reverse crucified and SANTVS SECONDVS, or SECOND, patent cross.

• Bianchetto (mixture), diameter 19 mm and weight 1,20 grams.

To the straight cross and written SECOND HEALTH head of San Secondo, cross and writing on the reverse MARCHO MONTISF.

• Bianchetto type 2 in which the Saint is bearded.

The son of John II, Second Paleologos succeeded his father not yet an adultererer, he ruled the city under the protection of his uncle Otto of Brunswick. He died on 16 December 1378.

• Big (silver), 25 mm diameter and about 2 grams of weight.

To the straight cross and SECUNDUS OCTOM MOTISF, shield with helmet, crown and crest. On the reverse, cross e _.

The son of Luigi d'Orleans and Valentina Visconti, he was taken prisoner in the battle of Angicourt (1414), liberated in 1441, he regained the Lordship in 1447 until his death in 1465. The currency of the period follows that of France.

In 1465 he succeeded his father Charles of Orleans and succeeded in 1498 to Charles VIII on the throne of France under the name Louis XII. He died in 1515.

Parpaglio
porcospino and written LVDOVICVS D G FRANCOR REX	coat of arms of France and written MLI DVX ASTENSIS QVE DNS
(1498-1515), Louis XII of France,

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LVDOVICVS and bust of the Duke facing right	DUX ASTENSIS and shield of France
LVDOVICVS XII (1508).

Coins with the right portrait of the king of profile, crowned, to the shield of France crowned.

• Double duchy (gold), diameter 29 mm weight about 7 grams.
• Duchy (gold), halved.
• Textile(silver), Half Testo (silver) with profile of San Secondo on the reverse.
• Big dozzeno, parpagliola, half parpagliola, terlina, half terlina, obolo (in mistura)

After 1508, Ludovico XII wanted the gold coins to be cut on the weight of the Troyes marque, while the silver and mistress were to be cut on the Milan mark.

The double duchy in gold is 30 mm in diameter and weighs 6.89 grams, the silver head is 30 mm in diameter with weight of 9,50 grams.

• Horse (silver), with the image of St. Second on horse, diameter 29 mm, weight about 4 grams.
• Half horse (measure), diameter 20 mm, weight about 1 gram.
• Soldino (mixture), with headset crowned to the straight and towards cross gigliata, diameter 19 mm, weight about 1 gram.

After the battle of Ravenna (1512), Asti again passed under control of the Paleologhi.
They held the regency about for a year, in June 1513 the city was occupied by Massimiliano Sforza.

• Terlina (mixture), monogram GV gives the coin to William II.

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FRAN FRAN REX AC AST DNS and half figure of the ruler	_ and shield of crowned France
Francis I King of France (1515-1529)

Francis I, after the victory obtained in Marignano, also secured the regency on Asti, but between 1516 and 1526, the city changed regency several times, until the French troops in 1526 occupied it and held it until 1529.

The Promis argues that the coinage of Francis I begins after 1526, because it lacks the wording DVX MEDIOLA and being on that date invested Francesco II Sforza as Duke of Milan.

• The head has a diameter of about 32 mm and weight of 9,58 grams, the half is 32 mm in diameter and weighing 9.80 grams, both in silver and carry to the right the figure of the ruler and to the reverse the shield of France.
• Fourth of a cartridge, of 2,57 grams, in silver, with salamander between the flames to the right and bust of St. Second on the reverse.
• Soldino, diameter 19 mm, weight of 1,29 grams.

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Portrait of the Emperor	columns and AST
Charles V Emperor (1530- 1531)

With the Treaty of Cambrai (1526), the city returned under the direct rule of Charles V, with license letters of 22 November 1530 was appointed zecchiere Guido de Baretti.

• Textile and half silver lyrics with portrait of the emperor.

The lyrics present at the verse two columns with letters AST, the half-head, the double-headed eagle, on the obverse and bust of San Secondo in profile.

• The horse, the double Grosso, the money, the bucket (of 18 mm and 1 gram of weight) are also minted.

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legend: And PHILIBERT DVX SABAVDIE CO AST and bust of the sovereign facing right	AUXILIUM MEUM IN DOMINO, crowned shield, quartered, with Savoy shield in the centre,A in the tip
Emanuele Filiberto (1538-1559)

Big
And PHILIBERTVS DVX SABAVDIE C AST and shield sabaudo	AVXILIUM MEVM TO DOMINO, star and Mauritian cross in a tetralobed frame
7 Grossi, Emanuele Filiberto (1538-1559)

Horse
EM PHILIBERTVS and horse	PRINC PEDEMON CO AST, crowned sabaudo shield
Cavallotto, Emanuele Filiberto (1538-1559)

The County of Asti had been donated to Beatrice of Portugal in 1538.
On his death, the son Emanuele Filiberto told her "iron head".

In 1559 the letter was replaced on coins. A always distinctive of the Zecca di Asti with a star, to avoid confusion with the Zecca di Aosta.

• Golden shield of the sun, was a gold coin of 25 mm in diameter and 3.38 grams of weight.

Recavate the crowned sabaudo coat and back Mauriziana cross adorned with leaves.

• Text in silver, envelope of the count and to the sabaudo coat of arms supported by two rampant lions.
• 7 big, horse, double big, big Piemonte, quarter of a big deal, Money, strong Piemonte, all in mix.

Gian Secondo de Canis, states that the Duke of Savoy Emanuele Filiberto I when he became lord of the County of Asti, constituted in Vercelli, on 20 May 1545, with delegates from the municipality of Asti a convention which guaranteed the city some ancient "consuetudes".

Among these was the dispute of the secular Palio Race, in honor of the patron San Second, in which the duke undertook to provide the prizes for the race (including the palio) and to cover the expenses of the party.

To confirm this, the Duke conjured the 1555 horse, which on the back engraved the legend: EMANUEL PHILIBERTVS DUX SABAUDIAE.^[3]

• Berolini, Coins Asti, in Julius Friedländer. Numismata unedita commentariis ac tabulis ill. 1840
• Cesare Bobba, Luigi Vergano, Ancient ticks of the province of Asti, Bobba ed. 1971
• Luca Gianazza, Asti, in Italian ticks up to Unity, Rome, Polygraphic Institute and State Mint, 2011
• E. Mayer Vergano, Of two unpublished coins by Carlo d'Orleans jokes in Asti, in Italian numismatic magazine; Asti 1865
• E. Mayer Vergano, Letter on its numismatic collection, in Italian numismatic magazine; Asti 1865
• Domenico Promis, Coins of Asti Mint, Stamperia Reale Torino 1853 reprint Forni, ISBN 88-271-1771-7
  • Coins of the Marquisi Paleologists of Monferrato, Turin 1858, reprint Forni, ISBN 88-271-1770-9
• Q.Sella, On the Coin Asti, in Codex Astensis de Malabayla, Rome, 1887; I,12.