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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Multatuli, post: 2849020, member: 89266&quot;]Great coins! I have a humble collection of venetian coins, specially the matapans. There are four types since it was created by doge Enrico Dandolo in 1193 until doge Cristoforo Moro around 1470. There are a great variation with very common types to the most rarest.</p><p>Here I post not a grosso, but a Lira Trono, one of the first coins of the renaissance with better silver concentration, higher weight and diameter, which influenced the creation of the Italian testone and then, throughout the rest of Europe.</p><p>The problem here was the use of the doge&#039;s portrait, considered, as in the times of the Roman Republic, an affront to the republican ideals and thus, a supposed pretention of the Doge in becoming a monarchical sovereign. Thus, only coins with allegorical drawings of the doge could be part of the venetian coinage. Nicollò Tron was the only doge to coin coins with his own effigy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]675723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin I was bought on CNG eletronic auction 5 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Venezia. <i>Nicolò Tron. </i></b>1471-1473. AR Trono – 20 Soldi (27mm, 6.26 g). Bust left / Winged, nimbate lion standing left, holding Gospel; all within wreath. Papadopoli 5; Paolucci 2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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