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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2968208, member: 72790&quot;]On the first side is an image of an enthroned Christ with the letters IC XC, Byzantine Greek for Jesus Christ (Venice started off in the early Middle Ages as an Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, outpost). On the other side is the then reigning DUX (or doge in the Venetian dialect) standing along side of the patron saint of Venice, SANCTUS MARCUS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). For dating purposes you will need a list of the doges of Venice (just Google that term) but reading the name from the coin for dating is not easy as several doges had the same name and within the same time frame. By the way, at least this coin is properly attributed. You have no idea how many times I have seen a Venetian Grosso offered to the unwary as a much rarer and more expensive but similar looking Byzantine silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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