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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3111367, member: 74834&quot;]I&#039;m a great Venice addict - Venice, Italy, that is. This year I visited the Serenissima (=the Most Serene City) for the 13th time. We attented Mass in the golden vault of the San Marco Basilica (the frankincense was suffocating) and walked the city from end to end. </p><p>I already had a few insignificant Venetion billon coins of the 14th century, but finally I found some real nice ones in an auction on the Continent. In the 15th century, Venice was the great hub of trade and finance of the central sea of civilisation, the Mediterranean. Of the great inventions of the late medieval era, the printed book was arguably the most important (although more militant types might favor the cannon). Although invented in Germany, in the industrial spread of books in the 15th century, the fair city of Venice had the greatest share. I always wanted a coin that might have been used to buy a printed book, and now I have one. It&#039;s a large and thin coin of blinking silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>Venice, Doge Agostino Barbarigo (1486-1501). AR mocenigo or lira, no date, but 1494. Mintmaster Marco Pesaro. Obv: San Marco and kneeling doge. Rev: Nimbate Christ with cross. Plugged hole. 33 mm, 6.43 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]789520[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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