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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 4998908, member: 77704&quot;]Here both the Duke and the reverse remind one of Imperial Roman coin designs.</p><p>I just picked this one up in Heritage auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>AV Quadrupla (2 Doppie d&#039;oro) 1595 Parma Mint</p><p>Postumus Issue: Depicts Alessandro Farnese/ Duke of Parma</p><p>Struck in 1595 after his son Ranuccio Farnese became Duke</p><p>Italian States/ Piacenza</p><p>Alessandro Farnese was Philip II&#039;s Commander in Chief in the Flanders fighting Dutch insurgents. Had the Spanish Armada been able to destroy the Royal Navy, Farnese would have launced the Spanish invasion of England. Please add your modern Roman coins.[ATTACH=full]1200158[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1200159[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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