Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 93 (Venetian tornesello of Antonio Venier)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 1400
Not before (date): 1382
Comment: JLR 2023: Coin not found and examined. Identified here as in Kenchreai III. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: Co 1329
Comparanda: AgoraII 2002, p. 81 (M. Thompson)
Comparanda: Papadopoli1893, p. 231, no. 7
Comparanda: Stahl1985, 14-15, pp. 74-75, pls. 1-2
Preservation comment: Wear: F. Numerous nicks in margin; dense scratches from vigorous mechanical cleaning.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 80, no. 1241 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Tornesello
Numismatic Authority: Antonio Venier (doge, 1382-1400)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 17.0
Numismatic Mint: Venice
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.52
Obverse Description: Cross pattée within band border; surrounding text within thin dotted border
Obverse Description: ✠ • ANTO VENER[I]O DVX
Reverse Description: Winged lion of St. Mark facing, holding Gospels, within thin band border; surrounding text within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription: ✠ VE[X]ILIF[E]R VENETIAE
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Venetian (Historical Period)
Material: Billon (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Lion (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 93 (Venetian tornesello of Antonio Venier).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0093>