Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier - Otto I / Otto II as emperors, Verona mint
| Issuer | Italy, Kingdom of |
|---|---|
| Year | 962-983 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A cross with splayed arms set within a beaded inner circle, with the mint name VERONA broken into three syllables — VE, NA, and RO — distributed in the three quadrants or across the field around the central motif. The lettering is boldly rendered in a crude hand, filling the available space in the manner typical of Ottonian imperial deniers struck at northern Italian mints. The flan is broad and irregular, consistent with hammered production of the late tenth century. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Otto I captured the Iron Crown of Italy in 951 and returned in 962 to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII — the same pope he would depose eighteen months later. Coinage from Verona under the Ottonians is notable precisely because the city retained its mint when many Italian centers did not, a reflection of Verona's strategic value on the route between the Brenner Pass and the Po plain.
The MEC XII sequence spanning types 3–5 indicates this piece falls within a transitional attribution range shared between Otto I and his son Otto II, who was co-emperor from 967 and sole emperor after his father's death in 973.