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Idra

meaning a hydra, was the name given to the Testone of Hercules I, Duke of Ferrara (1471-1505), which bears the figure of this fabled monster on the re- verse.


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