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Denaro - Giuardo
| Issuer | Bishop of Trieste |
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| Year | 1199-1212 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Schematic architectural representation of the Cathedral of San Giusto in Trieste, depicted as a facade with a central semicircular arch surmounted by a latticed cupola or dome, flanked by two lateral towers with finial ornaments, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A circular Latin legend surrounds the architectural motif in the outer field. The rendering is highly stylized and symbolic, consistent with the Romanesque ecclesiastical coin-type traditions of northern Adriatic episcopal mints of the late 12th to early 13th century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trieste's bishops held temporal minting authority alongside their ecclesiastical role, a dual power that made the see politically volatile throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Bishop Wolfker, who held the see during this period, navigated competing pressures from the Patriarchate of Aquileia and the rising ambitions of the Venetian Republic — the denaro was as much a political instrument of local autonomy as a coin in circulation.
The type is rare in any condition. Triestine episcopal coinage of this era survived poorly; the city's repeated changes of overlordship meant older civic and ecclesiastical issues were frequently withdrawn and reminted.