Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1131 (Venetian late colonial gazzetta)

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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)
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