Co 1134 (Venetian grosso of Antonio Venier) [permalink]
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).
2015 (June 16): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2022: JLR identified and described coin.
Label or tag text
N. wall outside Isis Shrine
Preservation description
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”)
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
