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Denier - Sico
| Issuer | Principality of Benevento |
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| Year | 817-832 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (817-832) - Monogram with pellets in quarters. - ND (817-832) - Monogram with star in fourth quarter. - ND (817-832) - Monogram with triangle in first quarter. - ND (817-832) - One pellet in reverse. - ND (817-832) - Two pellets in reverse. - |
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Sico seized the principality of Benevento in 817 by murdering his predecessor Grimoald IV, and his coinage reflects a ruler working hard to project legitimate authority. Benevento had long operated as a semi-independent Lombard enclave in southern Italy, and its silver coinage maintained that identity even as Carolingian pressure reshaped the political geography of the peninsula. Sico's reign ended with his death in 832, after which his son Siconulf faced immediate dynastic challenge — the fragmentation that followed effectively split the principality within a decade.