Venetian grosso
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The Venetian grosso was a high-purity medieval silver coin of the Republic of Venice, widely used in Mediterranean trade and influential in European monetary systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Venetian grosso canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Venetian coin
ⓘ
medieval silver coin ⓘ |
| category |
medieval European coin
ⓘ
trade coinage ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated outside Venice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Venice ⓘ |
| denominationType | grosso ⓘ |
| economicFunction |
facilitated international trade settlements
ⓘ
facilitated large payments ⓘ |
| historicalDocumentation | attested in medieval commercial records ⓘ |
| historicalEra | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| iconography | Christian religious imagery ⓘ |
| influenced |
Balkan coinage
ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean coinage ⓘ European monetary systems ⓘ Italian coinage ⓘ |
| inspired |
imitative grossi in Balkan states
ⓘ
imitative grossi in other Italian states ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Enrico Dandolo
ⓘ
surface form:
Doge Enrico Dandolo
|
| introducedInPeriod | early 13th century ⓘ |
| laterHistory | gradually displaced by later Venetian silver issues ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Fourth Crusade era economy ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| mintAuthority | Doge of Venice ⓘ |
| mintedInCity | Venice ⓘ |
| monetaryRole | standard of value in Venetian system ⓘ |
| monetaryStandard | formed basis for Venetian silver standard ⓘ |
| numismaticSignificance | important type in medieval numismatics ⓘ |
| obverseDesign | Christ enthroned ⓘ |
| politicalSymbolism | assertion of Venetian power ⓘ |
| purity | high-fineness silver ⓘ |
| relativeValue | higher than Venetian denaro ⓘ |
| replacedOrSupplemented | small-denomination denaro in large transactions ⓘ |
| reverseDesign | Doge receiving banner from Saint Mark ⓘ |
| script | Latin inscriptions ⓘ |
| servedAs |
international currency
ⓘ
trade coin ⓘ |
| stability | maintained high silver content for long period ⓘ |
| standardFineness | approximately 0.98 silver ⓘ |
| standardWeight | approximately 2.1 grams ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Venetians
ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian merchants
foreign merchants trading with Venice ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Mediterranean ⓘ |
| usedInTrade |
Mediterranean commerce
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.