Catalog
1 Bisante
| Issuer | Famagusta, City of |
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| Year | 1570 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#11 |
| Obverse description | Facing Lion of Saint Mark rendered in crude, high-relief style, the beast depicted frontally with a nimbus or halo above its head, set within a roughly circular field. The date appears in the lower exergue area. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading PRO. REGNI. CYPRI. PR(A)ES(S)IDIO, attesting to the coin's role in defending the Kingdom of Cyprus. The overall execution is characteristic of hastily struck obsidional coinage produced under siege conditions. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRO. REGNI. CYPRI. PR(A)ES(S)IDIO (Translation: For the government of the Kingdom of Cyprus.) |
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| Reverse lettering | VENETORV / FIDES. INVI / OLABILIS / BISANTE / I(F) |
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