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Denaro - Frederick II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Sicily |
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| Year | 1245 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (1⁄120) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a crowned imperial eagle displayed, facing front with wings spread, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The eagle, a symbol of Hohenstaufen imperial authority, is rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of medieval Southern Italian hammered coinage. The surrounding legend reads in Latin abbreviated form, identifying Frederick II as Emperor of the Romans. A cross patée appears at the top of the outer legend, serving as a punctuation mark or initial cross. The overall execution is typical of the Sicilian imperial mint under Frederick II, with strong relief on the central device contrasting with the flat field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Frederick II's later Sicilian silver coinage was struck under mounting political pressure — by 1245, Pope Innocent IV had convened the Council of Lyon specifically to depose him, declaring him a heretic and releasing his subjects from feudal obligations. That Frederick's mints continued operating through this period of formal excommunication and imperial crisis is itself significant. The denaro issues of these years are administratively mundane but historically charged.