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1 Grosso / 6 Imperiali "Doppio soldo" - Commune in name of Henry VI

Features

Issuer Milan (Italian States)
Period Commune (1155-1250)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1200-1230
Value 1 Grosso of 6 Imperiali (1⁄20)
Currency Lira (1155-1515)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.1 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
478543
References MIR MI# 56
Alessandro Toffanin; 2024. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 11. Milano = Regional Italian Coins (2a edizione). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy.
, Crippa I# 11A
Carlo Crippa; 2014. Le monete di Milano / Volume I. Da Desiderio re dei Longobardi a Ludovico V di Baviera e Azzone Visconti dal 757 al 1329. Edizioni Crippa Numismatica, Milan, Italy.
, MEC XII# 554
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

Cross pattée with inward pointing spike in quarters 3 and 4, in reeded inner circle.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: MEDIOLANVM

Lettering (regular font): MEDIOLANVM

Translation: Milan

Reverse

Three line inscription read crosswise (top-to-bottom then left-to-right), in reeded inner circle.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
✠ INPERATOR
hE
rIC
• N •

Lettering (regular font):
✠ INPERATOR
HE
RIC
• N •

Unabridged legend: Henricus imperator

Translation: Emperor Henry

Mint

Milan, Italy

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1200-1230) 

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