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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Venice| > ME46279
Republic of Venice, Doge Giovanni Gradenigo, 1355 - 1356
|Venice|, |Republic| |of| |Venice,| |Doge| |Giovanni| |Gradenigo,| |1355| |-| |1356|, Giovanni Gradenigo (died August 8, 1356) was the fifty-sixth Doge of Venice, appointed on April 21, 1355. During his reign, Venice signed a peace with Genoa.

The tornesello was minted in Venice but was specifically designated for use by the administrators of colonies of Coron and Modon, Negroponte and Crete. Struck in an alloy of 1/9 silver, they were intended as a replacement for the Frankish denier tournois, last minted in 1350.
ME46279. Billon tornesello, Stahl tornesello 3, Biaggi 2831 (R3), aVF, weight 0.582g, maximum diameter 16.9mm, die axis 180o, obverse + IO : GRADOIGO DVX, cross pattée; reverse + VEXELIFER VENETIA, winged lion of San Marco, seated facing, holding Gospels in forepaws; ex Chalkis Hoard, from Alex G. Malloy; very rare; SOLD










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