Grossetto - Anonymous

The Gattilusio family held Lesbos as a Genoese fief from 1355, and the anonymous grossetti of this period fall within the long rule of Jacopo II Gattilusio, who governed the island from 1404 until his death in 1428. The attribution to Jacopo II rather than his predecessor rests primarily on Lunardi's die analysis — the anonymous nature of the issue makes reign assignment dependent entirely on typological comparison rather than inscribed authority.

Lesbos sat uncomfortably between Venetian commercial interests and expanding Ottoman pressure throughout this period. Jacopo II paid tribute to the Ottomans while maintaining nominal Genoese allegiance — a fiscal tightrope that shaped what little silver reached the mint.