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Denier - Enrico VI and Costanza Brindisi
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1194-1197 |
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| Reference(s) | Spahr1#30 |
| Obverse description | Plain cross pattée at centre, enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with small six-pointed stars placed in two diagonally opposite quarters. A circular legend runs around the outer field between the inner and outer borders, the lettering partially worn but typical of the Norman-Hohenstaufen style of southern Italy. The overall design is characteristic of the billon coinage struck for Henry VI and Constance at Brindisi. |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the monogram composed of the conjoined letters A and P (Alpha and Rho, forming a Christogram) occupies the centre of the field, surmounted by the Greek suspension mark Omega (Ω) above; this arrangement alludes to both imperial and religious authority. The surrounding outer legend reads C •INPERATRIX• A•P, identifying Constance as Empress. The lettering is rendered in the bold, somewhat irregular hammered style typical of late 12th-century Sicilian billon issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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