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1 Denaro - Maria and Martino
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1392-1402 |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting an elephant in profile surmounted by a cross, a traditional Sicilian heraldic emblem. The mintmaster's initials GP or PG appear in the field flanking the central device. A Latin circular legend runs along the periphery, partially visible on this irregularly struck hammered flan. The overall style is consistent with late 14th-century Sicilian coinage, exhibiting the rough, characteristic fabric of hammered copper denari of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing the quartered coat of arms of Aragon, rendered in the schematic style typical of hammered late medieval Sicilian coinage. The shield displays the distinctive vertical pales of Aragon, characteristic of the ruling dynasty. A Latin circular legend surrounds the heraldic device along the coin's periphery. The strike is irregular, as expected of this denomination and period, with portions of the legend and field detail weakly impressed. |
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Jointly issued in the names of Maria I of Sicily and her husband Martin I of Aragon, this denaro belongs to a politically fraught reign that only stabilized after Martin I crushed the baronial factions supporting rival claimants. Maria had inherited the Sicilian throne as a child in 1377, spending years effectively a pawn between competing noble houses before her Aragonese marriage consolidated royal authority on the island. The copper coinage of this period is notoriously irregular in fabric and weight, reflecting chronic instability in Sicilian mint operations through the 1390s.