Šibenik was one of the few Dalmatian communes to strike its own copper coinage under Venetian suzerainty, a privilege jealously guarded and rarely extended. The bagattino was the smallest unit in the Venetian-aligned monetary system, and Šibenik's issues of this denomination were produced during a narrow window before Venice tightened control over provincial minting across its Adriatic territories in the late fifteenth century.
Dobrinić's reference number places this among the earliest catalogued municipal copper issues from the eastern Adriatic coast.
Šibenik was one of the few Dalmatian communes to strike its own copper coinage under Venetian suzerainty, a privilege jealously guarded and rarely extended. The bagattino was the smallest unit in the Venetian-aligned monetary system, and Šibenik's issues of this denomination were produced during a narrow window before Venice tightened control over provincial minting across its Adriatic territories in the late fifteenth century.
Dobrinić's reference number places this among the earliest catalogued municipal copper issues from the eastern Adriatic coast.