fwo_834374 - ITALY - VENICE - LORENZO TIEPOLO (46th doge) Grosso ou matapan n.d. Venise

ITALY - VENICE - LORENZO TIEPOLO (46th doge) Grosso ou matapan n.d. Venise XF

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Type : Grosso ou matapan

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Venise

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,96 g.

Edge : lisse

Obverse

Obverse legend : IC - XC.

Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant de la gauche les Évangiles.

Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .LA. TEVPL. - S. M. VENETI.

Reverse description : Le doge et saint Marc debout de face, tenant ensemble l'oriflamme de la République ; verticalement dans le champ, D/V/X.

Reverse translation : (Laurent Tiepolo, Saint-Marc de Venise).

Historical background

ITALY - VENICE - LORENZO TIEPOLO (46th doge)

(1268-1275)

Laurent Tiepolo is the son of Jacques who was Doge of Venice between 1229 and 1249. He succeeded Rainier Zeno (1253-1268) who had to fight against Genoa and could not prevent Michael Paleologus from retaking Constantinople in 1261 with the help Genoese. During his doganat, Laurent Tiepolo had to fight against Ancona and Bologna. He precedes Jacques Contarini (1275-1279) and especially Jean Dandolo (1280-1289), creator of the sequin (zecchino) SON OF JACQUES WHO??.

ITALY - VENICE - LORENZO TIEPOLO (46th doge) Grosso ou matapan n.d. Venise VF

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