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Bezzo type I - Lorenzo Priuli
| Issuer | Venice, Republic of |
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| Year | 1556-1559 |
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| Weight | 0.25 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ LAV • PRIOL • DVX (Translation: Lorenzo Priolo, Doge) |
| Reverse description | The Lion of Saint Mark passant to the left occupies the central field, depicted in a schematic, medieval style characteristic of hammered Venetian small coinage. The lion appears with its head turned forward and body in profile, set within a roughly circular flan. A partial Latin legend surrounds the figure, invoking the Venetian motto referencing divine victory. The reverse bears the hallmarks of hand-struck production, with some weakness and irregularity in the strike consistent with mid-sixteenth-century Venetian mint practice. |
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| Mintage | ND (1556-1559) |
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