House of Saxony or Ottonian dynasty (919-1024)
Otto II or Otto III
Denaro. Lucca, Hugo II marquis of Tuscany (969-1001?), AR 1.09 g. + MARCHIO In field, ‘cross’ monogram of Hugo. Rev. + CIVITATE In field, LVCA around pellet. Bellesia 2007 1/B. Ex NAC 50, 2008, 278.Extremely rare. Very fine
CNI 4 attributes this coin to Hugo I circa 950- 961, and this is repeated in MIR 98. Recent studies (Matzke 1993; Saccocci 2001-2002; Bellesia 2007) date this now to the second half of the tenth century, for Hugo II the Salian marquis of Tuscany 969-1001, and according to Saccocci, these coins would not have been issued before 986, during the minority of Otto III.