Denaro Provisino Pubblico Deposited
The name given to a variety of the Denaro struck at Rome under the rule of the Senate (circa 1188-1303), and copied from the Provinois (q.v.). In 1347 Cola da Rienzo, Tribune of Rome, issued Provisini with the inscription N. TRIBUN. AUGUST. OVVERO. ALMUS. TRIBUNAT. URBS.
In the Papal series a Provisino of Boniface VIII is described at length in the Rivista Italiana (xviii. 89-95), and Boniface IX struck Provisini with the figure of a comb on them on the occasion of his jubilee in the year 1400.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)