1 Grossetto
Features
| Issuer |
Genoa ›
Republic of Genoa (1139-1797)
 |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority |
Commune (1139-1339)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1236-1289 |
| Value | Small grosso (Grosso da 4 denari) (1⁄40) |
| Currency | Genovino (1139-1528) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.4 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 417263 |
| References | MIR# 13 Numismatica Varesi (publisher). Monete Italiane Regionali. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy (18 volumes). William R. Day Jr., Michael Matzke, Andrea Saccocci; 2016. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 12: Italy I - Northern Italy: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Gate within cabled circle.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: ✠ • I • A • NV • A •
Lettering (regular font): ✠ • I • A • NV • A •
Translation: Genoa
Reverse
Cross pattée within cabled circle.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: CVNRAD1 • REX •
Lettering (regular font): CVNRAD1 • REX •
Translation: Conrad King
Edge
Plain
Mint
Genoa, Italy (1138-1861)Comments
Day et al. (MEC 12) suggest the size and composition of this type may have been designed to match the Byzantine milaresion, a key Genoes trade partner. Their analysis also says it must have been a coin of 6 Genoese denari (not 4 as was assumed previously).
Subtypes suggested by the MEC 12 classification system:
Class E - No pellet below gate (MEC 12# 220, main photos)
Class H - Pellet below gate (MEC 12# 228)
© Leu Numismatik
Class N - No pellet below gate, punctuation by triple dots reverse after REX (MEC 12# 240)
© Numismatica Ars
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1236-1249) | Class E. No pellet below gate | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1250-1256) | Class H2. Pellet below gate | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1270-1289) | Class N. Triple dots after REX | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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