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Medieval Italy


Colonial Genoese, Part 4


Caffa (Part 4)


Countermarked Issues (Part 2)


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Italy, Colonial Genoese (Genoese occupation), Caffa, AE Asper Tartaro
with Genoese countermark, 20 mm, 2.29g
geometric pattern/
geometric pattern, countermark stylized Genoese
castle (city gate of Genoa)
Retowski 5 var. (pointed castle)
Posted November 2018







Italy, Colonial Genoese (Genoese occupation), Caffa, AE Asper Tartaro with
Genoese countermark, al-Jadidah, 782 AH (1380 AD), 21 mm, 1.63g
geometric pattern(?), countermark stylized Genoese
castle (city gate of Genoa)/
geometric pattern(?)
Lunardi C72, Retowski 5 var. (pointed castle)
Posted February 2021








Italy, Colonial Genoese (Genoese occupation), Caffa, AE Pul Tartaro
with Genoese countermark, ca. 1419-1420, 17 mm, 1.63g
geometric pattern, "hourglass", 2 pellets/
countermark stylized Genoese castle (city gate of Genoa)
cf. Retowski 5, Extremely Rare (R3)
Posted September 2019