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1/2 Soldo - Bertucci Valier
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1656-1658 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts the Doge of Venice kneeling in devotion before the figure of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice, who is shown presenting a staff or banner to the Doge. The scene is rendered in the characteristic Venetian medieval style typical of hammered coinage of this period. The Latin legend S·M·V·BERT·VALER·6· encircles the design, identifying the coin as issued under Doge Bertucci Valier in the name of Saint Mark of Venice. The numeral 6 denotes the value in bagattini. The overall composition is contained within a beaded or dotted border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bertucci Valier served as Doge for just two years before his death in 1658, making his coinage among the shorter-lived issues of the late Seventeenth Century Venetian series. His dogeship coincided with the grinding later phases of the War of Candia — Venice's decades-long struggle to hold Crete against Ottoman pressure — a conflict that drained the treasury and kept copper small change moving through military supply chains rather than ordinary commerce. The Republic had been debasing and adjusting its copper coinage repeatedly since the 1630s to meet wartime fiscal demands.