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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3134877, member: 87080&quot;]No, it isn&#039;t a Roman coin.&nbsp; What I have is a denaro from the Patria del Friuli that was minted in Aquileia during the middle ages.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]800318[/ATTACH] Patria del Friuli AR Denaro 1273-1299 AD Aquileia mint</p><p>21.7mm 1.15g</p><p>Obv: Patriarch Raimondo della Torre, wearing episcopal regalia, seated facing, holding ferula and ornamented book; RAIMVND[V&#039;] PA.</p><p>Rev: Crossed fleur de lis; +AQVILE GENSIS</p><p>Biaggi 154.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the fall of the western Empire, Aquileia became part of the Kingdom of the Lombards then the Carolingian Empire and finally the Holy Roman Empire.&nbsp; During the investiture controversy of the 11th century Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV was forced to humble himself before the Pope at Canossa in Italy.&nbsp; On his return trip to Germany he invested the Patriarch of Aquileia with the lands of Friuli as a reward for faithful service and thus raised him to the status of a Prince-Bishop.&nbsp; The Patria del Friuli was one of the largest ecclesiastical states in the HRE and a staunch supporter of the Ghibelline cause.&nbsp; It was also a fierce rival of Venice.&nbsp; It eventual fell into decline due to constant warfare and internal civil conflict, and was absorbed by Venice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Aquileia, Roman or medieval, as well as any Italian coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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