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1 Grosso
| Issuer | Republic of Ragusa |
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| Year | 1372-1438 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of St. Blasius, patron and protector of Ragusa, standing in the center of the field with a nimbus encircling his head, and holding a crozier in his right hand. The saint is depicted in ecclesiastical vestments in the Gothic style characteristic of Ragusan medieval coinage. A circular legend in Latin uncial script surrounds the central device. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Christ standing within a mandorla-shaped (elliptical) glory, his head surrounded by a cruciform nimbus, holding the Holy Scripture (Bible) in his left hand. The sacred monogram is rendered in Latin uncial script, divided at either side of the mandorla in the outer field, referencing the Greek Christological abbreviation for Jesus Christ. |
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| Reverse lettering | IE / XE |
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