Catalogus
| Uitgever | Principality of Salerno |
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| Jaar | 861-880 |
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| Waarde | 1 Denier = 1⁄12 Solidus |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A plain Latin cross occupies the center of the field, surrounded by a circular Latin legend reading ARIIAHGLVS II, an abbreviated invocation of the Archangel Michael, the patron and protector associated with Lombard and South Italian princely coinage. The cross is bold and well-centered, with the surrounding inscription running close to the beaded or plain border of the irregularly struck flan. The overall composition reflects the Carolingian-influenced ecclesiastical iconography prevalent in the coinage of the Lombard principalities of southern Italy during the ninth century. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | ARIIAHGLVS II (Translation: Archangel Michael.) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Guaifer ruled Salerno during a period of acute Lombard political fragmentation, when the old principality of Benevento had already split and southern Italy was contested between Lombard lords, Byzantine catepans, and Arab raiders pressing inland from their bases in Sicily and along the Campanian coast. That Salerno maintained a functioning silver coinage at all during this period reflects less monetary ambition than the practical necessity of paying troops and conducting trade with a hostile Mediterranean.
The catalog references place this firmly among the earliest documented issues of the Salernitan mint.