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Grosso of 6 denaros - In name of Frederick
| Issuer | Commune of Bergamo |
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| Year | 1236-1250 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Depicted at center is a stylized representation of the city of Bergamo, rendered as an elaborate multi-towered fortified structure with crenellated towers, arched gateways, and decorative pellets between architectural elements, all executed in the bold, somewhat schematic Romanesque style typical of northern Italian communal coinage. The composition features a large central tower flanked by two lateral towers of equal height, each with arched windows and battlements, surmounting a lower arcade of rounded arches supported on columns. A beaded inner border encircles the entire design, while the Latin legend PGA MVN appears in the field, abbreviated for Pergamum Municipium, identifying the issuing commune. The overall artistic treatment is vigorous and deeply struck, with strong relief typical of hammered silver grossi of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | PGA MVN (Translation: Bergamo) |
| Reverse description | At center, a bust of Emperor Frederick II is depicted facing left, laureate and draped, with stylized facial features characteristic of mid-13th-century Italian hammered coinage. The emperor wears a fillet or laurel wreath, and his shoulders are draped in imperial vestments rendered with radiating incised lines suggesting a mantle or paludamentum. The bust is rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic Romanesque manner, with a prominent nose, defined chin, and stylized curling hair. Surrounding the bust, the Latin imperial legend IMPRT FREDERICVS (Emperor Frederick) runs along the outer field, identifying the coin as struck in the name of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. A beaded border frames the entire reverse design. |
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