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Name or Denominations
1 Denier Tornese (1⁄72)
Issuer
Lordship of Chios (Genoese colonies)
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1548
Currency
Ducat
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
0.62 g
Diameter
NA
Thickness
NA
Material
Billon
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Ccross fourchée (double crescent punctuation in legend).
Back design
Family coat-of-arms of Giustiniani; L-I across field.
Year of Minting
1548
Ruler
NA
Mint location
Chios , Greece
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: + · CONRADVS · REX · R · Reverse: CIVITAS · CHII · L I
Context
Tzamale 215; Schlumberger p. 429 and pl. XIV, 28. The Maona was a medieval Italian association of investors, especially common in Genoa, formed to manage the purchased shares of the revenue due to the relevant city-state through tax farming; the shares were individually sold to wealthy merchants, but the collection could be difficult and so these merchants would band together. These organizations were usually temporary, and could sometimes be extremely aggressive in extracting the monies due them; their actions went up to, and included, outright conquest. (source: CNG Triton XIII Auction catalog)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
Marketplace listings
0
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