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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blodoks, post: 2396044, member: 78056&quot;]Mine Venetian Lira Mocenigo</p><p><br /></p><p>Doge Leonardo Loredan (LEONAR.LAVREDAN) 1501 - 1521</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://lughlvga.altervista.org/coins/my_mocenigo_lira.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Venetian Grosso was minted until the 1471, replaced by the Lira Tron</p><p>(6.52g silver 94.8%) in the year 1472. From a numismatic point of view,</p><p>Lira Tron abandons the Byzantine style in favor of a Renaissance influence:</p><p>bust left on the observe, St. Mark&#039;s lion on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>This &quot;tyrannical&quot; initiative of the Doge Nicolò Tron to show his own portrait</p><p>in the Venetian Republic&#039;s coins, forced the Great Council to decide: &quot;the</p><p>Doge&#039;s image must be on bended knees in front of the image of St. Mark&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, starting from the Doge Pietro Mocenigo (1474), the Venetian</p><p>Lira will be called &quot;Mocenigo&quot; (6.52g silver 94.8%) and was minted up to</p><p>1575. The end <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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