Lombardy Coin 5 Lire 1884

I would suspect it of being a political issue. The date of 1848 represents a period of revolution in Europe (the Communist Manifesto was issued in that year). The attribution to Lombardy in the first place would seem to rest entirely on the mintmark "M" for Milan ; if correct, the gibberish legends might be intended evasively, to save the creators from prosecution for treason. Lombardy & Venice were under Austrian control at the time, using the Austrian florin, & my guess is that the piece was created by Italian nationalists, based on types of the short-lived Napoleonic republics.

My interest, which could have been better stated, is whether the one with the garbled legends is "just" a fantasy piece created by someone who liked the look of the Lombardy Provisional Gov't 5 Lire, or whether it represents an attempt by nationalists within Lombardy to keep alive the spirit of the revolutions of 1848, while avoiding prosecution with evasive legends.

Oh, for a copy of Corpus Nummorum Italicorum!