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Soldo. A soldo of the Patriarchate of Aquileia issued during the reign of Louis of Teck (1412–1420). The soldo was an Italian medieval silver coin, issued for the first time in the late 12th century at Milan by Emperor Henry VI. [1] The name derives from the late Roman coin solidus. [2]
Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire. [1] His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 bezant = 20 groats = 133 1 3 tornesel. [1] The reverse of a Two Sicilies 1 2 tornese coin. The tornese was a subunit of the Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Two Sicilies ...
Next to the genovino are also struck values equivalent to its eighth (ottavino) and its quarter ( quartarola). [2] The coin had a weight of 3.49 g (0.112 ozt) of 24 carats (i.e. pure gold) and its diameter is approximately 20 mm (0.79 in). Its obverse represented the door of a castle, typical of medieval Genoese coins, and around the ...
Neapolitan lira (Q1173645) ... Language Label Description Also known as; English: Neapolitan lira. ... instance of. obsolete currency. 0 references. image. Murat ...
History. It was subdivided into 100 centesimi (singular centesimo) and was equal in value to the French franc (4.5 grams of silver ), which had previously been used as the currency of the Kingdom of Sardinia, having replaced the Piedmontese scudo by 1801. Since the Sardinian lira was little more than another version of the French franc, it ...
Luccan lira. This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The lira (plural: lire) was the currency of the Republic of Lucca until 1800 and again of the Duchy of Lucca between 1826 and 1847. It was subdivided into 20 soldi, each of 3 quattrini or 12 denari .
Giambattista Marino (also Giovan Battista Marini) [2] (14 October 1569 – 26 March 1625) [3] was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic L'Adone [ it] . The Cambridge History of Italian Literature thought him to be "one of the greatest Italian poets of all time". He is considered the founder of the school of ...
