Venice (1253-68) grosso

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46886

This specimen was lot 46886 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Venice. Grosso, ND (1253-68). Reniero Zeno. NGC VF-35." The grosso was introduced in the late Middle Ages as trade revived and the increasingly debased dinero was inconveniently small for commercial transactions. At this time, one grosso equalled 26 denari.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.2 g, 0.965 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Mont-45; Biaggi-2775.

Source:

• Rafaele Paolucci, La Zecca di Venezia, 2 vols. Padua, 1991.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Venice (1229-49) grosso, Iacopo Tiepolo
• Venice (1268-75) grosso, Lorenzo Tiepolo
• Coins and currency dated 1253