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Grosso of Enrico Dandolo

1192–1205　・　silver　・　12th century　・　Venice

Grosso of Enrico Dandolo（obverse）Grosso of Enrico Dandolo（reverse）
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A large silver coin of high fineness born in the time of Enrico Dandolo, the old doge who launched the Fourth Crusade. St Mark handing the banner to the doge shows a coin guaranteed not by a king but by the city's patron saint. Into a world of blackened denari, silver fit for merchants' settlements had returned.