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Genovino gold coin

1337–1344　・　gold　・　14th century　・　Genoa

Genovino gold coin（obverse）obverse
sailko / CC BY-SA 3.0（Wikimedia Commons）

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The reverse is not shown on this page. Only the obverse is pictured.

In 1252 Genoa and Florence resumed gold coinage almost together—the first true gold in Western Europe for some four and a half centuries. What is engraved is not a king but the city gate. This piece is a fourteenth-century striking; gold amassed by maritime trade travelled the Mediterranean under a city's name.