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Grosso - Antoniotto Adorno, Governor for Charles VI
| Issuer | Republic of Genoa |
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| Year | 1396-1397 |
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| Value | Grosso (0.1) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a bold Greek cross pattée set within a quadrilobe frame, with trefoil leaf ornaments decorating the cusps and spandrels of the lobes, closely mirroring the decorative vocabulary of the obverse. A beaded inner border frames the device. The surrounding legend, rendered in uncial Latin, reads COVNRADVS REX, invoking the name of the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad as nominal overlord — a traditional formula on Genoese coinage maintained well beyond the reign of any actual Conrad, here used as a legitimising device under French suzerainty. Rosette stops punctuate the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ COVNRADVS ✿ REX ✿ S ✿ (Translation: Conrad King) |
| Edge | Plain |
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