Co 64 (Genoese denaro of Dorino I Gattilusio from Mytilene) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
1455
Not before (date)
1428
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Lunardi1980, pp. 264-265, no. G13 (mint of Mytilene and Ainos)
Comparanda
Schlumberger1878, p. 442, pl. XVI:35
Preservation comment
Wear: VF. Slight chipping and pitting along edge and on both faces; surficial gouging across obverse upper right; large patches of thin bronze disease across both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, no. 1245, p. 80 (R. Hohlfelder; published as “Uncertain, Frankish“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Denaro
Numismatic Authority
Dorino Gattilusio (lord of Lesbos, 1428-1455)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
16.0
Numismatic Mint
Mytilene
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.4
Obverse Description
Crest of the Palaiologoi in dotted border: tetragrammatic cross (Greek cross with dimpled arms and betas or firesteels in angles); name of lord surrounding; all within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
✠ DORƗnVS ✶ TOMƗn
Reverse Description
Two-headed eagle facing with escutcheon of the Gattilusi (scale pattern) on chest
Reverse Inscription
To lower left and right, D – M
Belongs to Historical Period
Frankish (Historical Period)
Material
Billon (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eagle (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph