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Genovino - Antoniotto Adorno
| Issuer | Republic of Genoa |
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| Year | 1378-1390 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the Genoese city gateway (castello) set within a polylobed inner border adorned with trefoils and rosettes, all enclosed within a beaded circle. The architectural motif is rendered in the Gothic style characteristic of medieval Genoese coinage. A circular legend in Latin uncial lettering surrounds the design, identifying the doge by his ordinal number and terminating with the mint official's initial. The overall composition is bold and well-centred, consistent with the high-quality goldsmith tradition of the Genoese mint. |
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| Mintage | ND (1378-1390) - Obverse I / reverse R |
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Antoniotto Adorno held the dogeship not once but three times — an extraordinary fact that reflects the brutal factional instability of late 14th-century Genoa, where the office changed hands repeatedly between Guelph and Ghibelline clans through a mixture of popular revolt and foreign intervention. His first tenure, from 1378, coincided with Genoa's entanglement in the War of Chioggia against Venice, a conflict that stretched Genoese naval resources to their limit. Gold coinage of this period carried genuine political weight as a signal of fiscal credibility to trading partners from Caffa to Chios.