Venetian Grosso (Christ Enthroned) Coin
Denomination: Grosso
Ruler: Antonio Venier
Mint: Venice
Country: Italy
Date: 1383-1509 A.D.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14kt
Certificate: 46680
Obverse: Saint Mark, the patron of Venice, presents the Doge (Duke) of Venice a pole with flag of a cross atop.
Reverse: Christ enthroned as ruler of all
This silver Venetian grosso is featuring the figure of Christ Pantocrator (Christ enthroned as ruler of all), a motif copied from Byzantine coinage and maintained today in Russian Orthodox art. Christ wears a tunic and himation (rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body) and has a voided cross numbus (outlined cross within a halo) behind his head. His left hand holds the book of gospels. He is flanked by the legion IC-XC (Greek abbreviation for Jesus Christ).
The Obverse is St. Mark, the patron of Venice, presenting the doge a pole with a flag of a cross aotp. The doge wear a loros (richly ornamented robe) and holds an akakia (a short cylinder with jeweled ends and containing dust, first carried by Byzantine rulers in public processions and intended to remind the ruler that even he was mortal). St. Mark is holding a book of the gospel. A halo frames his head and his hair is cropped above his ears and shaved on top of his head in a monk’s tonsure.
Denomination: Grosso
Ruler: Antonio Venier
Mint: Venice
Country: Italy
Date: 1383-1509 A.D.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14kt
Certificate: 46680
Obverse: Saint Mark, the patron of Venice, presents the Doge (Duke) of Venice a pole with flag of a cross atop.
Reverse: Christ enthroned as ruler of all
This silver Venetian grosso is featuring the figure of Christ Pantocrator (Christ enthroned as ruler of all), a motif copied from Byzantine coinage and maintained today in Russian Orthodox art. Christ wears a tunic and himation (rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body) and has a voided cross numbus (outlined cross within a halo) behind his head. His left hand holds the book of gospels. He is flanked by the legion IC-XC (Greek abbreviation for Jesus Christ).
The Obverse is St. Mark, the patron of Venice, presenting the doge a pole with a flag of a cross aotp. The doge wear a loros (richly ornamented robe) and holds an akakia (a short cylinder with jeweled ends and containing dust, first carried by Byzantine rulers in public processions and intended to remind the ruler that even he was mortal). St. Mark is holding a book of the gospel. A halo frames his head and his hair is cropped above his ears and shaved on top of his head in a monk’s tonsure.
Denomination: Grosso
Ruler: Antonio Venier
Mint: Venice
Country: Italy
Date: 1383-1509 A.D.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14kt
Certificate: 46680
Obverse: Saint Mark, the patron of Venice, presents the Doge (Duke) of Venice a pole with flag of a cross atop.
Reverse: Christ enthroned as ruler of all
This silver Venetian grosso is featuring the figure of Christ Pantocrator (Christ enthroned as ruler of all), a motif copied from Byzantine coinage and maintained today in Russian Orthodox art. Christ wears a tunic and himation (rectangular cloth draped over the left shoulder and about the body) and has a voided cross numbus (outlined cross within a halo) behind his head. His left hand holds the book of gospels. He is flanked by the legion IC-XC (Greek abbreviation for Jesus Christ).
The Obverse is St. Mark, the patron of Venice, presenting the doge a pole with a flag of a cross aotp. The doge wear a loros (richly ornamented robe) and holds an akakia (a short cylinder with jeweled ends and containing dust, first carried by Byzantine rulers in public processions and intended to remind the ruler that even he was mortal). St. Mark is holding a book of the gospel. A halo frames his head and his hair is cropped above his ears and shaved on top of his head in a monk’s tonsure.