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fwo_629015 - LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - CONRAD I 1 Scudo n.d. Gênes

LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - CONRAD I 1 Scudo n.d. Gênes AU
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Price : 825.00 €
Type : 1 Scudo
Date: (1466-1476)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Gênes
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 26,51 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et voilé,
Catalogue references :
MIR.2185/9  - CNI/III.245

Obverse


Obverse legend : + CONRADVS·REX·ROMANO·IA.
Obverse description : Croix dans un double octolobe fleuronnée.
Obverse translation : (Conrad II, roi des Romains).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + DVX·ET·GVBER·REIPV·GENV.
Reverse description : Portail génois dans un cercle.
Reverse translation : (Duc et gouverneur de la République de Gênes ).

Commentary


C'est Conrad II qui concéda le droit de battre monnaie à la cité de Gênes en 1139. Son nom est presque toujours présent sur les monnaies de cette ville en mémoire.

Historical background


LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - CONRAD I

(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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