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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8259853, member: 96898&quot;]In 1138, Conrad III granted Genoa the <i>ius monete</i>, the right to mint coins. This is why his name appears on Genoese coins for about 200 years. What we see here is thus an immobilized coin legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The denari of Genua can be separated into different classes that sometimes are hard to distinguish. Since your coin has a little wedge in the reverse field and no stops in the reverse legend, it belongs into class C. This class was minted in the 1170s and 1180s. Here is the relevant entry from MEC 12 (no. 209–211):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456586[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My own example, for comparison, is a slightly later class D denaro minted between the 1190s and 1236. It has no wedge and a single pellet in the reverse legend (after the X in &quot;REX&quot;):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456587[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Italy, Genoa, civic issue, AR denaro, 1139-1339 (class D, 1190s–1236 AD). Obv: +•IA•NV•A•; city gate. Rev: •CVNRADI REX; cross pattée. 16mm, 0.74g. Ref: MEC 12, 213–215; CNI 69; MIR 16; Biaggi 835.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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