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Lot # 758
Genoese Colonies. Chilia (Enisala[?]). AE Follaro c. 1360-1390. D/ Tamgha. R/ Patent cross. Lunardi -; Zeno 98575. AE. 1.91 g. 16.00 mm. RR. Very rare. VF+. Chilia is located at the mouth of the Danube, not far from Isaccea (currently Chilia Veche, Romania) and the fortress at Enisala, where examples of these coins have been found, was built to defend the region from invasion by the Ottoman armies.