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1 Follis - Sergio I
| Uitgever | Naples, Duchy of |
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| Jaar | 840-864 |
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| Samenstelling | Copper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Three-quarter length frontal effigy of Duke Sergio I, depicted in Byzantine imperial style, wearing the loros and a crown or close-fitting headdress. The duke holds a scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left hand, emblems of sovereign authority. The figure is rendered in the flat, stylized manner characteristic of southern Italian hammered coinage of the mid-ninth century, with bold facial features and schematic drapery visible on the flan. A partial inscription or decorative element appears to either side of the figure in the field. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | SCS IAN (Translation: Saint Januarius (San Gennaro)) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Sergio I governed Naples as duke from around 840 to 864, a period defined by constant pressure from Lombard Benevento to the north and Arab raiders operating freely in the Tyrrhenian. The duchy's decision to mint in copper rather than rely solely on Byzantine gold reflects a genuinely local economic need — small transactions in a port city under intermittent siege could not wait on imported coinage. Naples in this period was nominally deferential to Constantinople but functionally autonomous, and its copper issues are among the earliest evidence of that administrative independence expressing itself through money.