Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 908 (Venetian late colonial gazzetta)

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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)
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