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Denier 'Provisino' - Roman Senate
| Issuer | Roman Senate |
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| Year | 1300-1400 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold plain cross divides the reverse field into four quarters, with a small six-pointed star or mullet occupying the first (upper left) quarter. The cross extends to a beaded or plain inner circle, beyond which the circular Latin legend runs along the periphery. The design is characteristic of the Provisino type struck by the Roman senatorial authorities, with the hammered technique producing a slightly irregular strike. The low-relief execution and compact flan are consistent with 14th-century deniers of the Papal States region. |
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The provisino del senato was Rome's municipal coinage, issued under the authority of the Senate rather than any pope — a pointed institutional distinction in a city where temporal and ecclesiastical power were in perpetual contest. By the 1300s, the type had been struck in more or less the same form for well over a century, making it one of the longer-lived medieval Italian coin designs. The billon content degraded progressively across that span, and later examples like those catalogued under MIR 167 are often noticeably baser than earlier issues.