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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 25517375, member: 102103&quot;]Made it to the coin shop for the first time in a couple months.</p><p>I saw the owner had an envelope of older coppers which were unsorted and unidentified.</p><p>He didn&#039;t look like he wanted to take the time to ID the remaining ones so I made </p><p>an offer and got the whole lot for $15 US. Most are in pretty rough condition, but </p><p>in that age range I&#039;m happy with anything I can get cheaply.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve tried to ID one so far:&nbsp; Venice, Soldo, Francesco Erizzo 1631-46</p><p><br /></p><p>21 mm, 1.28 g.&nbsp; Copper or Billon</p><p>The &quot;12&quot; at the bottom of the obverse shows it&#039;s 12 Bagattini = 1 Soldo</p><p>It&#039;s hard to make out, but I believe the letters &quot;ERIZ&quot; on in the 3:00 position on the OB indicate it was issued under Doge Francisco Erizzo between 1631-46</p><p>I think the Rev has Christ holding the Gospel in his left hand, with text around the perimeter reading &quot;DEFEN NOSTA&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>As usual, I can&#039;t find an exact match on Numista, and my 1600s Krause guide doesn&#039;t have listings for many of the Italian states minors.&nbsp; I suspect varieties exist anyway.</p><p>I look forward to seeing if I can figure out some of the rest.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1634150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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