- Co 1134 (Venetian grosso of Antonio Venier) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1400
- Not before (date)
- 1394
- Comment
- JLR: The reverse inscription shows that this is Grosso Type III, a debased issue authorized from June 5, 1394 with a reduced weight and refined portrait of the doge (Stahl2000, p. 77).
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Paolucci1990, p. 37 (grosso type 3)
- Comparanda
- Papadopoli1893, pp. 229-230, no. 3, pl. XIII:7
- Label or tag text
- N. wall outside Isis Shrine
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P+. Extensive, minute pitting and rare scratching. Appears to have been standard size but has suffered even loss of its edge from rolling in surf; also loss of considerable weight (over half?) from even erosion of surfaces. The fact that recognizable designs survive on both faces, despite this deterioration, attests to the sharpness and depth of the coin’s original relief.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1233 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine”)
- Has denomination
- Grosso
- Numismatic Authority
- Antonio Venier (doge, 1382-1400)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Venice
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.73
- Obverse Description
- Doge on left looking up, wearing robe and duchal cap, holding tall pennant in right hand, St. Mark on left facing, nimbate and enrobed, holding Gospels in left hand and tall pennant in right hand; to left and right, ✶ — ✶ (traces); within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [ANTOɔ] V[ENE]RIO – DVX – S [M] VEN[ETI]
- Reverse Description
- Nimbate and enrobed Jesus Christ seated on throne facing, holding Gospels; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- • ✠ • T[I]B[I] LAVS – • ȥ • GLORIA
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Venetian (Historical Period)
- Material
- Silver (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1134 (Venetian grosso 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/co1134>
