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1 Denier Tornese - Dominic Giustiniani
| Issuer | Lordship of Chios (Genoese colonies) |
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| Year | 1529 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized castle or fortified tower motif enclosed within a beaded inner circle, evoking the civic emblem of Chios. The surrounding legend in Latin reads CIVITAS CHII D I, identifying the issuing authority as the City of Chios under the administration of Domenico (di Gioantonio) Giustiniani. The design is executed in the medieval hammered tradition, with characteristic flat relief and slightly irregular flan. The lettering is gothic in style, consistent with Genoese colonial coinage of the early sixteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | CIVITAS CHII D I (Translation: City of Chios Domenico (di Gioantonio) Giustiniani) |
| Reverse description | Central field displays a cross pattée within a beaded inner circle, a design derived from the medieval denier tournois tradition and widely adopted by Frankish and Italian colonial mints in the Levant. The cross is boldly struck, with each arm clearly defined despite the worn state of the flan. The circumferential Latin legend reads CONRADVS REX RO, invoking the name of Conrad, King of the Romans, as a traditional titular reference inherited from earlier tornese coinage types. The overall composition closely follows the established iconographic formula of the denier tournois, adapted here for Genoese colonial use on Chios. |
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