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3.34 gm

AE Bezant. Marc Antonio Bragadino, after 1570

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1570

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Mint:

Description Obverse: 

Winged lion of St. Mark seated left, supporting the Gospel with front legs.

Inscription Obverse: 

PRO REGNI CYPRI PRESSIDIO 1570

Description Reverse: 

Cupid flying above the inscription.

Inscription Reverse: 

VENETORV FIDES INVIOLABILIS BISANTE I F

BOCCF: 
1985-03-07

*Iacovou 1994, 73, no. 8; *BMC 1998, 203, no. 139; *Michaelidou 2002, 258-259 & 262, fig. 22.

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