Archaeological Museum of Bologna

Henry VI stopped in Bologna in February 1191 while he was going to Rome to be crowned. To the host city granted the privilege to coin money: Bologna chose as unit of measure
the third of the imperial money.

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The intensity of trade favored, later, the minting of a big silver coin, which will be called "large bolognino", issued since 1236. On the obverse appears, in the circle, the legend ENRICVS, preceded by a cross, and at the center IPRT (imperator); on the reverse, the inscription: in the circle, cross, BONONI and, at the center of the field, the final letter A among four globes. The bolognino, coin of good alloy and regular weight, was much appreciated and imitated by mints in northern and central Italy.

Provenance: University Collection
Datation: 1236 - 1337
Material: silver
Dimensions: diam mm 19; gr 1,48
Inventory #: 57321