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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2980154, member: 56653&quot;]I have known these types for some time now, as my interest in Italian Renaissance grew.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right, there were supposed to be legends on both sides but most of these coins were rather carelessly minted, oftentimes on irregular flans. They can be identified by the shield which is assigned to the old crusader family and the very few letters to be discerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>As with any and all such small and rather insignificant coins (the references say they are minted in billon, but I rather suspect it&#039;s just copper), one might ask their economic function. I think they were used like the pougeoise or fractional deniers were used in the Crusader realms of Tripoli and Antioch, to provide small currency for menial local expenditures.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were used in a rather poor territory in northern Italy in the 15th century, so menial expenditures were likely the daily routine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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