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1 Soldo Dalmatia and Albania
| Issuer | Venice, Republic of |
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| Year | 1626-1795 |
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| Value | 1 Soldo = 12 Denari = 1/20 Lira |
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| Obverse description | Facing Lion of Saint Mark depicted in a stylized, archaic manner, holding an open book in its forepaws within a plain field. The circular legend S(AN) MAR(C). V(E)(N). runs around the periphery, rendered in Latin. A horizontal line separates the main device from the exergue, within which the numeral I denotes the denomination. The overall design is characteristic of the crude copper coinage struck for the Venetian overseas territories. |
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| Obverse lettering | S(AN) MAR(C). V(E)(N). |
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Venice maintained a separate coinage for its Dalmatian and Albanian territories throughout much of the early modern period, a deliberate administrative distinction that kept colonial commerce partially insulated from the monetary chaos periodically afflicting the lagoon city's domestic copper issues. The soldo circulated across a string of Adriatic ports — Zadar, Split, Kotor — where Venetian commercial authority was constant but often contested by Ottoman pressure from the interior.
The series ran nearly 170 years with minimal design change, making die variety attribution the primary work of specialists. The CNI VI references alone document nearly fifty distinct emission types.