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Name or Denominations
Denaro Cremonese (1⁄960)
Issuer
City of Cremona (Italian States)
Ruler
Frederick II ( 1220-1250 )
Year of Minting
1180-1239
Currency
Lira
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
0.3 g
Diameter
14 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Billon
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Cross pattée with pellet in quadrants 1, 2 and wedges in 3, 4, within beaded inner circle.
Back design
Three letters arranged around a central pellet, with omega above, inside beaded inner circle.
Year of Minting
1180-1239
Emperor
Frederick II ( 1220-1250 )
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Inscriptions
Obverse: ✠ CREMONA Reverse: ✠ FREDERICVS Ω P R I
Context
The “cremonese” or denaro cremonese was the smallest unit in the Cremona monetary system, weighing about 0.3 grams and about 14 mm in size, and valued at ¼ an imperial denaro or ½ a denaro inforziato. According to MEC 12, it was struck intermittently with small design changes from the beginnings of the mint around 1155 until the end of the Commune in 1330. Day et al. in MEC 12 attribute the type pellets in the quadrants of the cross, and with the A having a crossbar to 1180s-1230s.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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