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1 Bagattino
| Issuer | Šibenik, City of |
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| Year | 1485-1498 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Obverse description | Full-length facing figure of Saint Michael the Archangel, depicted standing atop a dragon with wings spread, rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered coinage. The saint is shown in frontal orientation with outstretched wings, trampling the dragon beneath his feet. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading MICAEL - SIBENIC, identifying the patron saint and the issuing city of Šibenik. |
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| Mintage | ND (1485-1498) |
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Šibenik was one of the few Dalmatian communes to strike its own copper coinage under Venetian suzerainty, a privilege jealously guarded and rarely extended. The bagattino was the smallest unit in the Venetian-aligned monetary system, and Šibenik's issues of this denomination were produced during a narrow window before Venice tightened control over provincial minting across its Adriatic territories in the late fifteenth century.
Dobrinić's reference number places this among the earliest catalogued municipal copper issues from the eastern Adriatic coast.