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1 Denaro Minuto - Filippo Maria Visconti
| Issuer | Mint of Genoa (under Visconti lordship) |
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| Year | 1421-1435 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Visconti Biscione device — a serpent in the act of devouring a human figure — rendered in low relief typical of hammered billon coinage. The design is set within a roughly circular flan with characteristic irregular striking. A partial Latin legend encircles the central device, reading + F.M DVX : D : IA, referencing Filippo Maria as Duke. The surfaces show heavy patination consistent with medieval billon composition and long circulation. |
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| Obverse lettering | + F.M DVX : D : IA |
| Reverse description | A bold plain cross divides the reverse field into four quadrants, a standard design inherited from the Genoese denaro minuto tradition. The fourth quadrant bears the Biscione Visconteo mintmark, distinguishing this issue as struck under Filippo Maria Visconti's lordship of Genoa. The Latin legend CO NR AD — invoking the name of Emperor Conrad, a longstanding honorific legend on Genoese coinage — is distributed across the quadrants flanking the cross. The flan is irregular and the strike uneven, as is typical of hammered issues of this denomination and period. |
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