1 Denaro

1 Denaro - obverse1 Denaro - reverse

© Giorgi Tsikarishvili

Features

Issuer Asti (Italian States)
Period Free Republic (1140-1314)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1141-1240
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240)
Currency Lira (1095-1553)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.70 g
Diameter 16 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
173581
References Biaggi# 232,
Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane : dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro, Torino, Italy.
MEC XII# 79-80,
William R. Day Jr., Michael Matzke, Andrea Saccocci; 2016. Medieval European Coinage 12 / Italy I: Northern Italy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
CNI II# 9.3-5
Vittorio Emmanuele III di Savoia; 1911. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 2. Piemonte – Sardegna : zecche d'oltremonti di Casa Savoia. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy.

Obverse

REX in the center with inscription around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CVNRADVS II
REX

Translation: Conrad II; King

Reverse

Cross in the center with inscription of the name of the city around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ASTENSIS

Mint

Asti, Italy

Comments

Conrad III gave the permision to the Republic of Asti to make their own coins in 1141. It seems like they made the inscription of his name as Conrad II instead of Conrad III. There was Conrad II of Italy (1074-1101) but as it seems his title wasn't widespread. If Conrad II of Italy (1074-1101) wasn't widely regarded with his title of II, then Conrad II must have been Conrad III (1138–1152) - the King of Germany and Italy.

Republic of Asti (1095-1342) was created by the free commune of the city of Asti. Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms) among the citizens of a town or city. These took many forms and varied widely in organization and makeup. Communes are first recorded in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, thereafter becoming a widespread phenomenon. They had greater development in central-northern Italy, where they became city-states based on partial democracy. At the same time in Germany they became free cities, independent from local nobility.

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