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1 Imperial Denaro - Commune In name of Frederick, trifles
| Issuer | Milan (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1230-1250 |
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| Value | 1 Imperial Denaro (1⁄120) |
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| Obverse description | Concave scyphate field bearing the city name MEDIOLA NVM arranged in three lines across the center, flanked above and below by a trefoil ornament accompanied by pellets. The inscription is rendered in uncial Latin characters and identifies the issuing city of Milan. The design is austere and typographic, characteristic of communal Milanese coinage of the mid-thirteenth century. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Milan's communal government struck these denari in the name of Frederick II while maintaining de facto autonomy — a political fiction both sides found convenient. The emperor was occupied with his wars against the Lombard League's successor cities and had little appetite to enforce imperial prerogatives over the mint directly. The term "trifles" in the designation reflects later numismatic classification of the smaller, debased communal issues distinguishable from the heavier imperial series, not any contemporary contempt for the coin.