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Papia Ticinum

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The exhibition presented in the library of 'University of Pavia between 4 and 25 May 2007, presents for the first time two hundred years after the university's rich collection. Money always plays a fundamental role in 'economy and politics of a nation, the role that produce the coin, the Mint, the importance of' activity that takes place must have a close connection to the seat of power . Through the collection of coins you can to understand what role did Ticinum-Papia (Pavia) in history.


Ticinum
Roman 275 AD-326 AD
The Mint has been active for about Ticinum quaranta'anni between the third and fourth centuries AD issuing coins' gold, silver and bronze. This period is one of ten ticks of 'empire that produce money to pay for the soldiers involved in the defense of borders. Its riverside location a short distance from the confluence with the Po, makes it a strategic center. The testimony of the great assets of the mint of Ticinum is evidenced both by the numerous finds of coins in the territory, both by the widespread currency in the 'empire Ticinum market.

Ticinum-Papia Ostrogoths and Lombards 550 AD-774 AD Theodoric Ostrogoths

During the period he built a royal palace in Pavia, the coins of that period, however, have fought in Rome, Milan and Ravenna. With the 'advent of the Lombards, however, Pavia became the capital and resumed his work as a brand of' empire. The Lombards were a warrior people, and consider the money as an expression of wealth. With the Edict of Rotari separates the work of goldsmiths coiner by putting them under direct royal control. At the end of the seventh century AD the people of Lombard is a new expression of unity and political and cultural identity by issuing a gold coin with the image patron saint of San Michele.

Papia 774 AD-1465 AD

This long period of imperial coinage first, and then local, it should be understood in the context of the fragmentation of power from central to autonomy of the citizens. During this period, Pavia became imperial mint along with a few other cities in Italy, this condition puts us in a position of conflict, but at the same time dependent on the nearby Milan. Even the coins of a more citizen relished depicting Bishop San Siro are nothing more than an 'imitation coins depicting Milan Sant' Ambrogio.