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1/3 Gold Genovino 'Terzarola'- Simon Boccanegra
| Issuer | Republic of Genoa |
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| Year | 1339-1344 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A bold Latin cross centered within a quadrilobe frame, the lobes decorated with trefoil terminations and rosette ornaments at the junctions, all rendered in high relief typical of hammered Genoese gold coinage. The cross arms extend fully to the inner edge of the polylobe, and the overall composition reflects the Genovino tradition inherited from the full-weight denomination. The uncial Latin legend of the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad runs continuously around the beaded outer border, punctuated by stars and pellets. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Simon Boccanegra's first dogeship — from which this coin dates — ended not in triumph but in exile, when the Grimaldi and Fieschi factions forced him from power in 1344. He would return decades later as the subject of Verdi's opera, but in 1339 he was the Republic's first-ever Doge, a title created specifically for him after the popular uprising that ended noble factional rule. The terzarola itself was Genoa's answer to fractional gold demand in the Levantine trade networks, where precise small-denomination gold was essential for settling accounts.