Federico's Gold Piece Bounty

Gold coin offered as payment for the Doctor's assassination by Federico's mercenaries

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Purpose

Incentive for assassination, intended to motivate mercenaries to kill the Doctor.

Significance

A symbol of Federico's crumbling power and the Brethren's rising influence, marking the transition from secular authority to supernatural control. The coin's sudden appearance escalates the conflict from political maneuvering to open supernatural confrontation.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S14E3 · The Masque of Mandragora Part 3

Doctor's blade turns tide against pursuers

A single gold coin—Federico’s bounty—passes between mercenaries as incentive to kill the Doctor. It glints in torchlight until the Brethren shift momentum; after their arrival the coin drops unheeded to the flagstones, symbolizing a failed gamble on brute force over tactical surrender.

Before: Held in mercenary palms, eagerly anticipated

After: Discarded on the temple forecourt, tarnished and ignored

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