Genovino - Nicholas Guarco

Nicholas Guarco served as Doge of Genoa from 1378 to 1383, a tenure defined almost entirely by the War of Chioggia against Venice — the last major conflict between the two republics, and one that pushed Genoese finances to their limit. The genovino had been Genoa's prestige gold coinage since the mid-thirteenth century, and issues under individual doges are distinguished in the series primarily by the doge's name rather than by design variation, making reference numbers the only reliable way to attribute them within a collection.