What is this Italian States coin with St. Marcus and Doge and Christ seated?

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  1. bernard55

    bernard55 Active Member

    I originally thought this was an ITALIAN STATES XVIth Century Venezia (Lira) Coin like one of these:

    Andrea Vendramin
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces116547.html
    Marco Barbarigo
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces116860.html
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces116557.html

    but I don't see it on Numista. I then looked at Numismatics.org and scrolled through everything with Marcus and Doge but don't see it...

    I can't make out the Doge as the third letter isn't clear (AN?CRIT).

    Does anyone have any ideas?

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  3. jtlartgallery

    jtlartgallery Active Member

    The Doge is Andrea Gritti 1523-1538.
     
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  4. bernard55

    bernard55 Active Member

    You are AMAZING. Thank you. It was making me a bit crazy.

    now to figure out if it's 16 or 24 soldi. I believe it's a 24 guessing at the weight. I'll have a scale tomorrow and figure it out.

    From what I see from the photos, both obverse and reverse lettering are the same for the 16 and the 24:

    (24) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces117959.html
    Obverse:S M VENET DVX AND·GRITI
    Reverse:TIBI SOLI GLORIA IC XC
    Weight: 6.52 g

    (16) http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.12558
    Obverse: S M VENET DVX AND GRITI
    Reverse: TIBI SOLI GLORIA IC XC
    Weight:3.18 g
     
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