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pinpoint Valued Member Netherlands 99 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 3:59 pm All info is welcome of this unknown coin. Grosso from Venice / Serbia / immitation ? Diam. : 20 mm / silver a.v : legenda : STO(E)F(NL)IVS REX rev : mintmark C-C Can't find a Doge of Venice with name STO(E)....IVS ? Kind regards , Pinpoint * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Moved to Ancent/Medieval coin section for more help. Edited by pinpoint 12/15/2014 4:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 4:08 pm Since the Venetian Grossi have normally DVX next to the head of the Doge, it seems to be immitation coinage. Report this Post to the Staff
mvojnovic Pillar of the Community Serbia (Srbija) 576 Posts	Posted 01/11/2015 04:03 am Its from Serbia. Probably king Stefan Milutin (1282-1321) Dante Alighieri in his book put Serbian king in one of the circles of hel as counterfeiter of coins. In that time (second half of 13 century) Venice blamed Serbia for forging their coins. Its not certain on with Serbian king Dante alluded. Serbian king used Venetian coins as role model because Venetian coins were famous back then in that part of Europe. (Everybody knew their value is stable). Serbian coins from that period are not consider as counterfeits because they had clear inscription that they come from Serbia, but they where very similar to Venetians. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ti_dinar.jpg As you can see main difference is in title instead of DUX its REX. My collection on Numista page: 7500 different coins and counting... https://en.numista.com/echanges/pro...hp?id=129798 Edited by mvojnovic 01/11/2015 04:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4964 Posts	Posted 01/11/2015 11:41 am thats a cool coin, good call mvojnovic, I wouldn't have figured that out. Report this Post to the Staff
srbcoins New Member Switzerland 3 Posts	Posted 12/05/2015 8:00 pm * Edited by Staff - Please review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. * Please read the rules related to buying and selling. Report this Post to the Staff
srbcoins New Member Switzerland 3 Posts	Posted 08/01/2020 6:54 pm hi very nice coin, is this in your collection? Report this Post to the Staff
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