OBOLO: COIN OF ASTI (ITALY)
Obolo, 15th century: City of Asti (Italy)
Asti is a city and municipality in Italy, in the Piedmont region.
ND (no date; according to data from numismatic catalogs: 1422-1447).
All inscriptions (coin legend) on this rather rare coin are completely lost.
SANCTVS SECONDVS: San Secondo.
Portrait of San Secondo — the patron saint of the city of Asti.
MONETA ASTENSIS: coin of the city of Asti.
Pisan Cross (decorated with 12 globes).
Hammered coin.
- Copper: 12 mm - 0.48 g
- Reference price: 5$
COIN OBOLO — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- ITALIAN STATES: ASTI (15th century): obolo = 1/2 denaro
- SPANISH STATES: KINGDOM OF ARAGON, KINGDOM OF NAVARRE, KINGDOM OF PAMPLONA AND ARAGON, COUNTY OF URGELL, KINGDOM OF VALENCIA (11th-13th centuries): obolo = 1/2 dinero
About the name of the coin obolo: the name of the obolo coin (as well as obulus and obole) undoubtedly comes from the name of the ancient Greek coin obol and, in a way, is a variant of it.
