Coinage of the Republic of Venice

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ducat of Michele Steno
(1400-1413).
Denarius of Louis the Pious (minted 819-822).
Grosso or 'Matapan' of Antonio Venier, Doge of Venice
(1382-1400).
Silver ducato of Giovanni II Cornaro.

The Coinage of the Republic of Venice include the coins produced by the Republic of Venice from the late 12th century to 1866.[1] After this date, coins were still produced in Venice.

From the 16th century, the coinage was made in the very prominently-located Zecca of Venice, close to the Doge's Palace.

History

See also: History of coins in Italy

Although there is no information about coinage in what was the Duchy of Venice (a semi-independent entity within the

Matapan
, named after the Greek promontory.

The most common type of Venetian coin is the

obverse. The zecchino had on the reverse Christ within an oval (mandorla), which also contained nine stars. The zecchini remained unchanged from the first issue, in 1284, to the last one, during the reign of the last doge of Venice in 1796, Ludovico Manin
.

See Zecca of Venice for the organization and operations of the mint in the Renaissance and the remaining centuries of the Venetian Republic.

Coins

The main coins minted during the Republic of Venice include:

  • grossi
    .
  • soldo, in silver, minted during the reign of doge Francesco Dandolo (1328–1339) and doge Giovanni Gradenigo
    (1355-1356).
  • lira (including lira Tron), minted from 1472.
  • ducato, minted from 1284, with the same weight and title of
    florin
    . From the 16th century onwards it was called zecchino.
  • giustina, name of different types of silver coins minted under doge Alvise II Mocenigo in 1572. A giustina minore ("lesser giustina") was minted under Pasquale Cicogna).
  • scudo
    , both in silver and gold. It showed the city's symbol. The golden scudo was minted for the first time in the 16th century and weighed some 3.40 g
  • gazzetta, of the value of 2 soldi.
  • quartarolo, a small coin with the value of one quarter denaro, minted for the first time under Enrico Dandolo (1192), and discontinued in 1328.
  • tallero, used for overseas trades.

Other types included the osella, a medal-coin awarded by the doge to the Republic's main personalities.

The mint of the Republic's coins was located in Venice, in the

Council of Forty
, an assembly with financial-economical tasks, also acting as Supreme Court.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Denaro (moneta)". Numismatica Italiana. numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, pag. 237
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coinage_of_the_Republic_of_Venice&oldid=1217082088"