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4 Soldi - Girolamo Priuli
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1559-1567 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A standing figure of Jesus Christ, depicted frontally in the traditional blessing posture, occupying the central field of the coin. The figure is rendered in the linear, iconic style typical of Venetian hammered silver coinage of the sixteenth century. The engraver's initials FM, for Francesco da Molin, appear in the field. The surrounding Latin legend reads · LΛVS · TI · · BI · SOLI · FM, a devotional inscription attributing glory to God alone. |
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| Reverse lettering | · LΛVS · TI · · BI · SOLI · FM |
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Girolamo Priuli's dogeship coincided with deepening Venetian anxieties over Ottoman expansion and the slow erosion of eastern Mediterranean trade routes — losses that were quietly reshaping the Republic's fiscal priorities throughout the 1560s. The 4 soldi denomination occupied a practical middle tier in Venice's silver coinage, filling transactional gaps that larger issues could not.
Priuli died in office in 1567, making this a relatively short emission window of roughly eight years.