The cavallo was a copper coin of Southern Italy in the Italian Renaissance.It was minted for the first time by King Ferdinand I of Naples in 1472.The name later was used for coins of the same values but with different types such as that minted by Charles VIII of France at Naples in 1494.The cavallo was minted again shortly under Philip IV of Spain (the Kingdom of Naples at the time was ruled by Spain) in 1626.Multiples (2, 3, 4, 6 and 9 cavalli) were minted until Ferdinand IV.