Help With Identifying 4 X Medieval Coins Please

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dvw1974 Valued Member United Kingdom 74 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 4:17 pm Hi, Found these coins in a coin lot I purhased recently. Any assistance wit identification will be greatly appreciated.All the coins appear to be hammered and are between 0.5 and 0.7g each. Coin 1: Diameter - 15mm Coin 2: Diameter - 18mm Coin 3: Diameter - 15mm Coin 4: Diameter - 16mm * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Moved to the Ancient/Medieval coin section for more comments. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 5:38 pm Well, to start out: Venice, Venice, Portugal, Venice. Edited by philadelphian 05/07/2015 5:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 6:02 pm I think the first letter in the obverse legend on the Portuguese dinheiro is F (followed by REX PORTVGALI), for Fernando I: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces40333.html Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 6:18 pm Coin #2 reads ANTO VENERIO DVX: a tornesello of Antonio Venier, who was doge of Venice from 1382-1400. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 9:38 pm On the obverse of coin #4 I can make out ~LST~. So, MIChAEL STEN DVX, for Michele Steno, Doge from 1400-1423. Report this Post to the Staff
dvw1974 Valued Member United Kingdom 74 Posts	Posted 05/08/2015 3:11 pm As always your knowledge astounds me! Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4964 Posts	Posted 05/08/2015 7:07 pm i picked out the venetian coins, but that's it. good eye phili! Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/08/2015 11:50 pm As for the first tornesello, it bears the earlier reverse legend VEXILIFER VENETIA, used on a century of Venetian Doges' torneselli. The only letter I can make out for sure in the obverse legend is an S. This narrows the Doge down to three: Lorenzo Celsi (1361-1365) LAVR CELSI DVX, Michele Steno (1400-1413) MIChAEL STEN DVX, and Francesco Foscari (1423-1457) FRAC FOSCARI DVX. Report this Post to the Staff
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