GREECE - CHIOS Crusades period XIVth century
ANTO'VENERIO/S.M .VENETI/DVX. The doge kneeling before Saint Mark. Without a baseline.
R/. SIT T[ibi] XPE (Christe) DAT[us] Q[uem] T[u] REGIS ISTE DVCAT[us]: "Christ be given to You, this duchy over which to reign". Christ blessing and holding the Gospels, standing in a starry mandorla.
Golden Sequin in the name of the 2nd Doge of Venice Antonio Venerio (October 21, 1382 - November 23, 1400). (3,54 g)
Fr (Greece) 2c and cf Fr (Venice) 1229; Cf Engel and Lock t.3 p.1418
Rough style. Rare. Very nice.
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