Catalog
1 Gigliato
| Issuer | Chios, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1347-1566 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | +DUX.IANUENS QUENDUS.PTAGT |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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The gigliato was originally a Neapolitan type, struck by Charles II of Anjou from 1303, and its design spread across the eastern Mediterranean as Frankish and Genoese powers adopted it for trade. Chios came under formal Genoese administration through the Maona — a joint-stock company chartered in 1347 — and the island's gigliato coinage was part of that commercial infrastructure, circulating alongside alum and mastic revenues that made Chios one of the most profitable Genoese possessions in the Aegean.
The series ran until the Ottoman conquest of 1566.