fwo_981971 - LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - ANONYMOUS Denier n.d. Gènes
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Type : Denier
Date: c.1250-1300
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Gènes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,84 g.
Coments on the condition:
Petit éclatement de flan à 9 heures au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CVNRADI REX.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Conrad, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +°IA°NV°A°.
Reverse description : Portail génois.
Reverse translation : (Gènes).
Commentary
C'est Conrad II comme le rappelle ce denier qui concéda le droit de battre monnaie à la cité en 1139.
It was Conrad II, as this coin recalls, who granted the city the right to mint coin in 1139.
It was Conrad II, as this coin recalls, who granted the city the right to mint coin in 1139.
Historical background
LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - ANONYMOUS
(1139-1339)
The coinage of Genoa is anonymous between 1140 and 1339. From this date we have coins with the names of the doges, in the first place, Simon Boccanegra (1339-1345). From the 12th century the Italian cities, Pisa, Amalfi and Genoa control the western Mediterranean trade accompanying the Reconquista in Spain. In the following century, with the Crusades, the decline of Byzantium and the birth of Christian states in the East and in Greece, Genoa and Venice opposed each other in a struggle that was both political and economic for the domination of economic circuits..
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