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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4492021, member: 89314&quot;]Going back down market again, here is another little coin linked to misbehavior by Renaissance popes and their families:</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy PESARO&nbsp; Giovanni Sforza&nbsp; Copper Soldo or Denaro&nbsp; n.d. (1498-1510) </p><p><br /></p><p>Bastard son of Constanzo I Sforza and Fiore Boni,&nbsp; Giovanni inherited Pesaro at age 17 jointly with Constanzo&#039;s wife, Camilla of Aragon, who renounced her rights in 1489.&nbsp; In 1492 he contracted a marriage with Lucrezia Borgia,13 year old illegitimate daughter of Pope Alessandro VI (Rodrigo Borgia). Falling out with the Borgias, he was forced to annul marriage for &#039;non-consummation&#039;. Driven out of Pesaro by Cesare Borgia in 1500, he was able to return in 1503 after the death of Alessandro VI.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114534[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1114535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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