- Co 1131 (Venetian late colonial gazzetta) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1710
- Not before (date)
- 1691
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 606
- Comparanda
- AgoraII, 2021, p. 82 (M. Thompson)
- Comparanda
- NemeaIII, 3145, 3146, p. 235, pl. 32 (“late colonial bronze”)
- Comparanda
- Papadopoli1919, p. 939
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Several large chips around edges; extensive, severe erosion and pitting to a thin and brittle state.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 72, 91, no. 1100 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Decanummium“; “This coin was found in or near the sea. Its weight reflects its poor state of preservation“)
- Has denomination
- Gazzetta
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 25.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Venice
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.67
- Obverse Description
- Nimbate and winged lion facing, [holding Gospels]; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- ✶· S · MARC · VE[N ✶]; in exergue, ✶ II ✶
- Reverse Description
- Ornaments and motto in five lines within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- <rosette> | ARMATA | ET | MOREA | <rosette> (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Venetian (Historical Period)
- Material
- Copper (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1131 (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/co1131>
