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1 Denaro - Pandolfo Malatesta Cross
| Issuer | Pandolfo III Malatesta, Lord of Brescia |
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| Year | 1404-1421 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PAMDVLFVS |
| Reverse description | A facing or slightly turned Moor's head bust, with stylized curly hair and an open mouth, depicted in the medieval heraldic tradition associated with the Malatesta family arms. The head is set within a beaded inner circle, with a surrounding circular Latin legend in the outer field reading D BRIXIE 3C, referencing the lordship of Brescia. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered billon denari of this period. |
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Pandolfo III Malatesta held Brescia from 1404 until Venetian forces took the city in 1421, a tenure marked by near-constant military maneuvering between Milan, Venice, and the papacy. His right to strike coin at Brescia derived from imperial privilege, and he used it — this denaro being among the smallest denominations he issued, circulating at the lowest level of daily commercial exchange in a city that changed hands repeatedly over the following decades.