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1 Augustalis - Federico II Messina
| Uitgever | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Jaar | 1220-1250 |
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| Oriëntatie | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A large imperial eagle displayed, facing front with wings spread and head turned to the right, rendered in bold high relief. The eagle stands upon a decorative foliate base, its feathers rendered with fine engraved detail across the wings and body. The divided legend FRIDE-RICVS is placed to the left and right of the eagle in the field. The design draws directly on Hohenstaufen heraldic imagery, combining Germanic dynastic symbolism with the Classical revival aesthetic championed by Frederick II's court. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Frederick II introduced the augustalis around 1231 — the first gold coin struck in the Latin West since the Carolingian period — as a deliberate assertion of imperial authority modeled on ancient Roman coinage. The choice of Messina as one of the two authorized mints (alongside Brindisi) was strategic: Sicily's Norman administrative infrastructure made it the most capable production center in his realm.
The name itself references Augustus, a title Frederick wore with genuine ideological weight. He had been crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1220 and spent the following decades in near-constant conflict with the papacy, and the coin's unapologetically classical character was partly a political statement directed at Rome.