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1 Follaro Autonomous coinage
| Issuer | Dulcigno, City of |
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| Year | 1300-1399 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a frontal figure of the Virgin Mary (Madonna) in orans or enthroned posture, rendered in a crude medieval Byzantine-influenced style typical of Adriatic autonomous municipal coinage. The figure appears heavily worn and struck on an irregular flan, with details largely obscured by corrosion. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading ·M·-·DE·DVLCI-G-Ŋ-O, referencing the municipality of Dulcigno. The overall artistic execution is characteristic of low-denomination hammered copper issues of 14th-century Dalmatian coastal towns. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·M·-·DE·DVLCI-G-Ŋ-O |
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Dulcigno — modern Ulcinj in Montenegro — operated as a semi-autonomous commune under loose Angevin suzerainty through much of the 14th century, issuing its own small copper coinage as a practical assertion of local economic control. The follaro denomination was the workhorse of Adriatic coastal trade at this scale, circulating alongside Venetian and Serbian issues in markets where silver was too valuable for small transactions.
Dobrinić's attribution places this piece within a tightly defined local series. Few Albanian and Dalmatian coastal communes of this period produced documented copper issues, making Dulcigno's coinage unusually significant for regional numismatic study.