Italy, Pisa. Repubblica (1264-1269). Grosso da 2 Soldi o Aquilino

PISA Repubblica (1264-1269) Big 2 soldi or aquiline major (g. 3. 27) + FR 'IM - P'TOR Crowned eagle with spread wings, turned to the left. R / The Blessed Virgin seated on the throne with the Child in her arms; on the left, at the top, rosette, on the sides, PI - SE. Bald. A I, 3a; CNI 40. MIR 397 AR. On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante's death (1265-1321) , Catawiki is dedicating an auction to the Supreme Poet focused on the coins of his time and on those related to the characters of his Divine Comedy. # dante700memorial DANTE AND PISA City of Tuscany, established in the Municipality from the twelfth century. and later a commercial and naval power, rival of Genoa in the 13th-14th century. for the possession of Sardinia and Corsica: the city also saw the clash between noble families, such as the Gherardesca (Ghibellines) and the Visconti (Guelphs) , up to the Meloria disaster (1284) . Ugolino della Gherardesca, elected podestà and captain of the people, signed peace with Florence and Lucca by giving up some castles on the border, associating himself with Nino Visconti power: however the rivalry with the latter led to the end of the noble government (1288) . Pisa had to give up Corsica and Logudoro in favor of Genoa, then giving full support to the unfortunate descent into Italy of Arrigo VII of Luxembourg; later Bonifacio VIII ceded Sardinia, which he considered a fief of the Church, to the Aragonese, accelerating the political and economic decline of the city. Pisa is mentioned as the homeland of Count Ugolino in Inf. , XXXIII, 79 where Dante gives her a harsh invective for the death inflicted on the protagonist of the episode and his children and grandchildren (the echo of ancient municipal rivalries with Florence is evident) . The Pisans are defined as "foxes so full of fraud / who do not fear ingenuity that the occùpi" in Purg. , XIV, 53-54 by Guido del Duca in his description of the Valdarno.