The combination of the archaeological record, documentary data, and the results
of archaeometric analyses provides an overview of the medieval monetary circulation
of Emilia Romagna. It is somewhat to overcome the idea of the medieval
local econom, as subject to the constraints of a monetary area. Opening of investigations
beyond traditional geographical boundaries is the conditio sine qua
non for fully understanding this territory. The overlap and intersection of different
account systems and monetary areas in this region have outlined the contours
of the economic dynamics, which developed between the 10th and 13th centuries.
The second part of this paper is dedicated to the medieval numismatic finds, occurred
during the excavations at the complex of the former Leon Battista Alberti
in Rimini.
