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Grosso agontano
| Issuer | Volterra, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1291-1301 |
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| Value | 20 Deniers (5⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of a bishop saint, vested in pontifical robes including a mitre and cope, holding a crozier in his right hand; the figure stands in a hieratic, stylized posture typical of late 13th-century Italian ecclesiastical coinage. The field is framed by a beaded inner border, with a Latin legend running along the outer periphery. The overall treatment is characteristic of the grosso agontano type as adapted by the Bishopric of Volterra. |
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| Reverse description | A large plain cross pattee occupies the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle; two six-pointed stars are placed in opposite quadrants of the cross, serving as decorative and identifying marks. A Latin legend in Gothic majuscules runs continuously around the outer border, separated from the inner circle by a rope or cable border. The design closely follows the Ancona grosso type that served as the model for numerous central Italian episcopal imitations during the late 13th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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