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1 denaro piccolo ou picciolo
| Issuer | Santa Fiora, County of |
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| Year | 1236-1280 |
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| Weight | 0.62 g |
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| Obverse description | A pattée cross occupies the central field, rendered in a bold, archaic style typical of medieval Italian hammered coinage. The cross is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a partial circular legend distributed around the periphery between two concentric circles of graining. The legend, reading COMES PAL, identifies the issuing count palatine. The strike is characteristically irregular, with portions of the legend weakly impressed due to the hand-hammered technique. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a frontal bust of Santa Flora (Saint Flora), haloed and depicted in a hieratic, Romanesque style befitting thirteenth-century Italian municipal coinage. The saint holds a cross in her left hand and a flower in her right hand, both attributes serving as her identifying iconographic symbols. The effigy is contained within a beaded inner circle, with a circular legend inscribed between two concentric circles of graining. The legend, reading * * SCA * FLORA *, identifies the patron saint of the county. The overall composition is consistent with devotional imagery found on contemporary central Italian feudal issues. |
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