Le monete nell'arca di San Procolo a Bologna

In 1987, in order to classify the coins of Bologna, Michele Chimienti had partially described the hoard discovered in the tomb of Saint Proculus, located in the eponymous church in Bologna. The coins have been placed there between 1389, when the sarcophagus was opened and the remains of the saint, protected by a simple iron grate, were exposed to the faithful, and 1437, when it was closed for good, until the next inspection in 1943. On this last occasion, 36 coins were recovered from the mints of Bologna (24), Ancona (5), Ferrara (2), Florence (2), Siena (2) and Aquileia (1). The present study aims to re-contextualize those coins, using the most recent studies on the saints’ tombs finds.