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1 Soldino - Francesco Dandolo

Issuer Republic of Venice
Year 1329-1339
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Edge Rough
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Mintage ND (1329-1339)
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Francesco Dandolo's decade as Doge coincided with Venice's aggressive diplomatic rehabilitation after years of papal interdict — he personally crawled before Pope John XXII in 1327, earning the nickname "il Cane" (the Dog) from his own citizens for the humiliation. The soldino itself was Venice's workhorse small silver, circulating widely across the Adriatic trading network and frequently turning up in hoards from the eastern Mediterranean alongside coins of rival city-states.

CNI VII remains the primary reference, though attribution of individual dies within this reign is complicated by the type's long production run and Venice's habit of continuing designs across successive dogates.

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