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1 Carzia - Francesco Verniero
| Issuer | Cyprus |
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| Year | 1554-1556 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central cross pattée enclosed within a solid beaded ring, with a lozenge ornament positioned in each of the four quarters formed by the arms of the cross. A Latin legend encircles the entire design outside the ring, naming the issuing authority. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ S • MARCVS • VENETVS |
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Francesco Verniero served as Lieutenant of Cyprus under Venetian rule during the 1550s, a period when the island's small-denomination coinage was issued by appointed governors rather than directly by Venice itself. The carzia was the lowest copper-billon denomination in Cypriot circulation, and issues from individual lieutenant tenures are distinguished primarily by name and die rather than by any administrative reform — Verniero's brief tenure produces one of the shorter series in the sequence.