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1 Obol 2nd type
| Issuer | Cattaro, City of |
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| Year | 1200-1420 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross occupies the central field, its arms extending toward the coin's periphery, dividing the reverse into four quadrants. Dots or small ornamental elements are placed between the arms of the cross. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design along the rim, partially struck and worn, consistent with the hammered production method. The style is typical of medieval Dalmatian civic coinage of the 13th to early 15th century. |
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| Edge | Rough |
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Cattaro — modern Kotor in Montenegro — operated under a succession of overlords during this period, passing from Serbian to Bosnian and finally Venetian control in 1420, the terminal date of this issue. The city's civic coinage was a pragmatic assertion of local commercial identity under whatever suzerain happened to hold the walls.
The Dobrinić reference places this as the second obol type in a tightly defined local series, distinguished from the first type by die characteristics documented in Croatian numismatic literature but rarely discussed in broader Western catalogs.