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Grosso of 1 Soldo

Issuer Genoa, Republic of (1139-1797)
Year 1290-1300
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Reference(s) MIR#11
Obverse description Central device depicting a stylized castle or city gate with two towers, rendered in bold relief within a beaded inner circle. The gateway is shown with an arched opening between the two flanking towers, characteristic of the Genoese civic emblem. The field between the beaded circle and the outer rim carries the circular legend in uncial Latin characters. The strike is irregular, as typical of hammered coinage of this period, with the design slightly off-center on the flan.
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Reverse description A plain cross pattée, with slightly expanded terminals, occupies the central field within a beaded inner circle, its arms extending nearly to the beading. The flat, open field surrounding the cross is unadorned, lending the design a austere, early Gothic character consistent with late 13th-century Genoese minting practice. The circular legend in uncial Latin letters runs between the beaded inner circle and the outer rim, invoking the name of the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad as nominal overlord. The hammered flan is irregular and exhibits natural surface undulation typical of medieval silver coinage.
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