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Genovino gold coin

1337–1344　・　gold　・　14th century　・　Genoa

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

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.