Bonifacio, perched on the southern tip of Corsica, maintained its own civic coinage despite being a Genoese possession — the denier series reflects the city's jealously guarded municipal autonomy within that relationship. The type 2 classification distinguishes it from an earlier emission, though the precise boundary between types is debated among specialists working from die studies rather than documentary evidence.
The nearly two-century span of attribution reflects how little is documented about production intervals; these likely circulated alongside Genoese and Aragonese issues as Corsica's political situation shifted repeatedly after 1284.
Bonifacio, perched on the southern tip of Corsica, maintained its own civic coinage despite being a Genoese possession — the denier series reflects the city's jealously guarded municipal autonomy within that relationship. The type 2 classification distinguishes it from an earlier emission, though the precise boundary between types is debated among specialists working from die studies rather than documentary evidence.
The nearly two-century span of attribution reflects how little is documented about production intervals; these likely circulated alongside Genoese and Aragonese issues as Corsica's political situation shifted repeatedly after 1284.