Maybe someone here will know or will Google an answer for you, but such a coin (if one exists) is about a thousand years younger than "ancient". I wonder if the world coin board would give you a better shot at an answer? This time period seems to be rather homeless on CoinTalk.
There were of course coins struck during Dante's lifetime, but none that commemorated him, that I know of. I find it highly unlikely that such a thing would have been done. Most of the Divine Comedy is a thinly-veiled political diatribe, where Dante relegates various contemporary characters to various circles of hell. It's not the sort of thing they put on coinage in the 14th Century. There are plenty of modern commemoratives.
Yeah, it's a tough call. I'm biased but feel that you'd probably get a better answer on the ancients board even though it might be more appropriate (era-wise) for the world board. I think John Anthony gave a learned opinion . Sounded good to me, anyway
The oldest coin featuring Dante, as far as I know, is from 1965. But sure, there are earlier medals. In this case, the poster says it is from around 1500. Don't quite buy this, but it may be true. And then there is that famous alleged Dante medal in Vienna - search for "F.S.K.I.P.F.T.". One of those medals features Pisanello, and the other one ... does probably not exist but makes a good story. Christian
Well, Brutus and Cassius were eternally damned to one of Satan's 3 mouths by Dante so you could always get one of their coins.
