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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4193331, member: 56653"]The Acciaioli coinage, possibly minted at the Acrocorinth from cca. 1388 to the first part of the 15th century, first started in somewhat good billon, which made it legal tender in Italy also but as early as 1400 it probably fell to base metal copper, with usage based mostly in the remaining urban areas in Florentine hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076347[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">AE16mm, 0.72g, billon immobilized denier tournois, Acrocorinth mint(?), cca. late 1380s.</font></p><p><font size="3"> + GVI DA . X . ATЭNS; cross pattee</font></p><p><font size="3"> + THEBANI CIVIS; chateau tournois</font></p><p><font size="3">cf. Malloy 107, Saulcy XVII - 17, Seltman (in Mints...) XXII, 7, 10.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>DA . X . is recorded by Malloy and tentatively assigned to Antonio Acciaioli, which I think it's unlikely. This billon coinage is probably the first mintage of Nerio Acciaioli in or soon after 1388. Later on, the coinage was debased to a mere copper issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076348[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">AE17x16mm 0.50g copper immobilized denier tournois Acrocorinth mint(?), post 1400(?).</font></p><p><font size="3"> </font></p><p><font size="3">+ GVI DVX ATЄNS; cross potent</font></p><p><font size="3">+ ThЄBANI CIVS; chateau tournois</font></p><p><font size="3">Malloy 105, Saulcy XVII - 17, Seltman (in Mints...) XXII 7-10.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>One might notice that the lettering on the legend of these types is of a distinct Italian Gothic style, similar to the <i>tornesi</i> of Sulmona from the 1380s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4193331, member: 56653"]The Acciaioli coinage, possibly minted at the Acrocorinth from cca. 1388 to the first part of the 15th century, first started in somewhat good billon, which made it legal tender in Italy also but as early as 1400 it probably fell to base metal copper, with usage based mostly in the remaining urban areas in Florentine hands. [ATTACH=full]1076347[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]AE16mm, 0.72g, billon immobilized denier tournois, Acrocorinth mint(?), cca. late 1380s. + GVI DA . X . ATЭNS; cross pattee + THEBANI CIVIS; chateau tournois cf. Malloy 107, Saulcy XVII - 17, Seltman (in Mints...) XXII, 7, 10.[/SIZE] DA . X . is recorded by Malloy and tentatively assigned to Antonio Acciaioli, which I think it's unlikely. This billon coinage is probably the first mintage of Nerio Acciaioli in or soon after 1388. Later on, the coinage was debased to a mere copper issue. [ATTACH=full]1076348[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]AE17x16mm 0.50g copper immobilized denier tournois Acrocorinth mint(?), post 1400(?). + GVI DVX ATЄNS; cross potent + ThЄBANI CIVS; chateau tournois Malloy 105, Saulcy XVII - 17, Seltman (in Mints...) XXII 7-10.[/SIZE] One might notice that the lettering on the legend of these types is of a distinct Italian Gothic style, similar to the [I]tornesi[/I] of Sulmona from the 1380s.[/QUOTE]
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