Unknown Hammered Silver Coin (Id: 15th Century Venice Soldino)

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greeniejim Valued Member Ireland 215 Posts	Posted 04/28/2009 3:05 pm Hi all, your help would be much appreciated once again if anyone could help me identify what this coin is. Report this Post to the Staff

greeniejim Valued Member Ireland 215 Posts	Posted 04/28/2009 6:26 pm I Think I have now identified this coin as a "Galley Halfpenny" Otherwise properly known as an Italian Soldino" This one is Venice Doge Michele Steno 1400 to 1413. More details for interested parties at http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/galleyhalfpence.html Edited by greeniejim 04/28/2009 9:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 04/28/2009 6:48 pm It is indeed Venetian, "Type 1" as listed on that page - and thanks for the link, I'd been looking for a good listing of these Venetian minors. However, on your coin, the obverse inscription (the side with the figure of the Doge) reads TMIC... and there's only one Doge on that list whose first name begins with a T: Tomaso Mocenigo (1414-1423). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
greeniejim Valued Member Ireland 215 Posts	Posted 04/28/2009 9:09 pm Hi Sap, many thanks as always, I did look at that for Tomaso Mocenigo, but I opted for Michele Steno because the letters between 6 and 9 oclock looked more like STENO, I kinda assumed the T was a cross with the top bar clipped as the right bar looks a bit short too? but none the less, Its an interesting coin for my increasing hammereds collection that I picked up with 6 full and 3 other halves on ebay for £25 GBP, I might be posting another tomorrow night as the legend on this one just doesn't make sense to me, so hopefully you will be able to help on it too. Report this Post to the Staff
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