ITALY - GENEVA Doge Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo - Lot 155

ITALY - GENEVA Doge Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo October 16, 1573 - October 17, 1575 DVX ET GVB REI GENV'. City gate. R/. ✠ CONRADVS * II RO * REX * LB. Initials of Lucas Brunus. Leafy cross. Grenetis and linear circle obverse and reverse. ♦ Fr 419 Gold Doppia in the name of Conrad II 1573 Genoa (6.66 g). Very fine. In 1139, Conrad III of Hohenstaufen had granted the city the right to mint coins. In 1339, with Simone Boccanegra, first doge of the Republic of Genoa, appears the dogal indication with the dedication: X DVX IANVENSIVM PRIMVS. Genoa's biennial Doges and governors regained their autonomy in 1528, but coins were still minted in the name of Conrad II the Salic (1024-1039).