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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Objets d'Art > Moyen-Age 1 > Augustalis of Emperor...
Augustalis of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstafen
Artist : Anonyme


Date : between 1231 and 1250

Material : Gold
Acquisition : Don de C. Ruxton Love (1967)
Moyen-Age
Item 39 on 211
Objets d'Art
Object (Pièce)

Vitrine : V05

Area related
Messine (Italy)


Description   

In his attempt to renew the Roman Empire, Frederick II Hohenstafen issued a new gold coin called Augustalis modeled upon coins of Caesar Augustus. The inscription proclaims Frederick's title as "Imperator Romanorum Caesar Augustus".
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