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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 3731766, member: 56653&quot;]There are two aspects here:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Doukaton - which is a territory ruled by a duke (dux), a military leader under the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) administration from the 6th century onward.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Doukaton - the common Greek parlance for the silver <i>basilikon</i> coinage of Andronikos II, introduced around 1300 (perhaps 1303-1304), which had as blueprint the Venetian <i>grosso</i> (matapan) introduced by Enrico Dandolo (perhaps 1193-1194). This silver Byzantine coinage had as its primary function the payment of Latin mercenaries (mainly Catalan and Franks) fighting for the Empire in Asia Minor against the Turks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also to consider - the Byzantines called the coinage officially <i>basilikon</i> (coinage of the emperor) but in common usage it was called by its Venetian origin <i>doukaton</i> (coinage of the duke/doge).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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