Denaro - Dominic Gattilusio

Issuer	Lordship of Lesbos (Mytilene) (Genoese colonies)
Year	1449-1459
Type	Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description	Within a beaded inner circle, a Palaeologan monogram composed of a central cross with B's and retrograde B's in each of the four angles, a device borrowed from Byzantine imperial iconography and adapted by the Gattilusio lords of Mytilene. The surrounding legend, rendered in uncial characters, reads around the periphery of the coin. The overall design is characteristic of the hybrid Greco-Genoese coinage produced in the Aegean lordships of the fifteenth century, combining Eastern Christian symbolism with Latin titulature.
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Obverse lettering	DOmInO mETELInO B B B B (Translation: Lord of Mytilene)
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Mintage	ND (1449-1459)
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