Venetian Grosso

Wow, wonderful coins all. I do not have anything like this in my small collection.

 

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Very attractive and desireable coins guys!!

 

Wow, thanks for letting me see them. These are completely out of my collecting realm. But, fun learning!

 

Bulgaria, Ivan Alexander and Michael (1331 - 1355 A.D.)
AR Grosh
O: Christ enthroned; monograms at sides.
R: Ivan and Michael standing, holding banner; monograms at sides.
19mm
1.3g
Metcalf SEE pl.8, 11; Dochev XXXII; Youroukova 72

 

Mine Venetian Lira Mocenigo

Doge Leonardo Loredan (LEONAR.LAVREDAN) 1501 - 1521



The Venetian Grosso was minted until the 1471, replaced by the Lira Tron
(6.52g silver 94.8%) in the year 1472. From a numismatic point of view,
Lira Tron abandons the Byzantine style in favor of a Renaissance influence:
bust left on the observe, St. Mark's lion on the reverse.

This "tyrannical" initiative of the Doge Nicolò Tron to show his own portrait
in the Venetian Republic's coins, forced the Great Council to decide: "the
Doge's image must be on bended knees in front of the image of St. Mark".

At this point, starting from the Doge Pietro Mocenigo (1474), the Venetian
Lira will be called "Mocenigo" (6.52g silver 94.8%) and was minted up to
1575. The end

 

cool coins @Blodoks...welcome!

nice write up as well!

 

Wow Blodoks => 6.52 grams of silver (that's a big gros example)



... that's a very cool coin

 

Thank you.

My interest in the Venetian coins is fairly recent and is related to genealogical research on my family who left Venice in the early 1500s and moved into the Duchy of Ferrara: I was curious to see and touch those coins.

Yes, the Lira Mocenigo is a cool coin

 

Aaaaahhhh ! medieval !
I simply adore them. Just for the pleasure of piling on with all the marvels shown above, here are two french ones I love (and love to show to you my coinfriends who can appreciate them in all their splendor (not as all those plebeians around who don't....shhhh))



Philippe IV "Le Bel" (1285-1314) - Gros tournois a l'O rond Atelier de Lille ? (2 petits points a droite du lis superieur du revers)
+ BNDICTV SIT NOME DNI NRI DEI IhV XPI dans le cercle exterieur, +PHILIPPVS REX dans le cercle interieur, croix au centre
TVRONVS CIVIS + dans le cercle interieur, chatel tournois au centre, bordure de douze fleurs de lis a l'exterieur
4.13 gr
Ref : Ciani # 203



Charles VII (1422-1461) - Ecu d'or 3° emission de 1424, atelier de Toulouse (annelet sous la cinquieme lettre)
Croisette sur etoile initiale, KAROLVS : DEI : GRATIA : FRANCORVM : REX, Ecu de France couronné
+ XPC : VINCIT : XPC : REGNAT : XPC : IMPERAT, croix arquée, evidée et fleudelisée, cantonnée de quatre coronelles
3.76 gr, 28 mm
Ref : Ciani # 617

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