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Denaro minuto
| Issuer | Sardinia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1407-1420 |
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| Currency | Denier (1387-1516) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a plain patent cross with equal arms, contained within a beaded or plain inner circle. The cross divides the field into four quadrants, rendered in low relief consistent with hammered medieval technique. The surrounding Latin legend ET VICECOMES NABOE references the title of Viscount of Narbona (Narbonne), an additional claim of the Arborean ruling house. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and weak strike typical of small-denomination billon issues of this era. |
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The denaro minuto belongs to the coinage of the Aragonese administration of Sardinia, which came under Crown of Aragon control following the conquest begun in 1323. By the early fifteenth century, the island's monetary system was a patchwork of local issues and imported Aragonese and Italian currency, with the Sardinian mints producing billon fractions primarily to address chronic shortages of small change in local markets. The Cagliari mint, responsible for issues of this period, operated fitfully under royal license rather than continuous royal mandate.
CNI II#19 places this type firmly within a narrow reign window, but die linkage studies have suggested the actual production span may have been compressed into fewer years than the bracket implies.