Lordship of Mesocco, Lord John Jacob Trivulzio, AR 1 Grosso - 1487 to 1518 CE - Switzerland

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Lordship of Mesocco (Grisons)
• Authority: Lord John Jacob Trivulzio
• Date: 1487 - 1518 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) 1 Grosso
• Size: 27.5mm, 2.73g
• Obverse: · IO · IA · TRIVL · MAR · VIGLE · ET · F · MARE - Coat of arms of the Trivulzio family.
• Reverse: SANCTVS · · GEORGIVS - Armoured, nimbate Saint George standing, facing right, holding shield and slaying Dragon at his feet.
• Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.

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