Co 908 (Venetian late colonial gazzetta) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
1690
Not before (date)
1686
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraII 2020, p. 82 (M. Thompson)
Comparanda
Papadopoli1919, pp. 938-939
Preservation comment
Wear: aVF/F. Small areas of differential wear; specks of pale pink bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 80, no. 1243 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Gazzetta
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
29.0
Numismatic Mint
Venice
Numismatic Weight (g)
7.52
Obverse Description
Winged Lion of St. Mark facing and holding Gospels; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
✶· S · MARC · VEN ✶; in exergue, ✶ II ✶
Reverse Description
Motto and ornaments in five lines within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
<rosette> | ISOLE | ET | ARMATA | <rosette>
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Venetian (Historical Period)
Material
Copper (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Lion (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 908 (Venetian late colonial gazzetta).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0908>