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It originated from the <a href="/wiki/Carolingian_monetary_system" title="Carolingian monetary system">Carolingian monetary system</a> used in much of Western Europe since the 8th century CE, with the <i>lira</i> subdivided into 20 <i><a href="/wiki/Soldo" title="Soldo">soldi</a></i>, each of 12 <i><a href="/wiki/French_denier" title="French denier">denari</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_lira&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_coins_in_Italy" title="History of coins in Italy">History of coins in Italy</a></div> <p>From its initial value of 305.94 g fine silver, the Venetian lira had depreciated so much in value over its 1,000-year lifetime that this original unit was referred to from 1200 CE as the <i>lira piccola</i> (small lira) in comparison to larger units of the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/French_denier" title="French denier">denaro</a></i> or <i>piccolo</i> worth <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">240</span></span> <i>lira</i> was the only coin produced between 800–1200nbspCE. Initially weighing 1.7 g fine silver, it was gradually <a href="/wiki/Debasement" title="Debasement">debased</a> over the centuries until it contained only 0.08 g fine silver by 1200 CE. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg/220px-Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg/330px-Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg/440px-Venezia_Matapan_1328_1910332.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="382" /></a><figcaption>Silver grosso of <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Dandolo" title="Francesco Dandolo">Francesco Dandolo</a>, 1328–1339</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg/220px-Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg/330px-Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg/440px-Venezia_Ducato_1400.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="359" /></a><figcaption>Gold ducat (zecchino) of doge <a href="/wiki/Michele_Steno" title="Michele Steno">Michele Steno</a>, 1400–1413</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Venetian_grosso" title="Venetian grosso">Venetian grosso</a> then became Venice's most important silver coin from the 13th to 15th centuries. It contained 2.1 g fine silver and was valued in 1200 CE at 26 <i>denari piccoli</i>, increasing to 48 <i>piccoli</i> by 1350. The <i>lira di grossi</i> was then invented as a monetary unit equal to 240 <i>grossi</i> and increasing in value from 26 to 48 <i>lire piccoli</i>. </p><p>The gold <a href="/wiki/Ducat" title="Ducat">ducat</a> then became an even more popular Venetian coin from the 13th to 19th centuries. Issued in 1284 in imitation of the Florentine <a href="/wiki/Florin" title="Florin">florin</a> and containing around 3.5 g fine gold, it was initially valued at 2.4 <i>lire piccoli</i> or 18 silver <i>grossi</i> (each grosso then worth 32 <i>piccoli</i>). By 1472 its value has increased to 6.2 <i>lire piccoli</i>. </p><p>By 1472 the <i>lira di grossi</i> gave way to the <i>ducat</i> accounting unit, equal to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">10</span></span> the <i>lira di grossi</i> or 24 <i>grossi</i>, and fixed at 6.2 <i>lire</i> or 124 <i>soldi piccoli</i>. Confusion then set in the 16th century when the accounting ducat became worth less than the gold ducat, leading to the gold coin being called the <i>zecchino</i> (English: <a href="/wiki/Sequin_(coin)" title="Sequin (coin)">sequin</a>) and understood to be worth more than the accounting ducat of 6.2 lire. </p><p>The various currency systems of Italy became of less importance to European trade after the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Discovery" title="Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a> in the 16th century; nonetheless Venice continued to issue new coins. The <i>scudo d'argento</i> of 30.1 g fine silver was introduced in 1578 for 7 lire, rising to 12.4 lire by 1739. The <i>tollero</i> of 23.4 g fine silver was issued in 1797 for 10 lire. </p><p>The Venetian <i>lira piccola</i> was supplanted in the 19th century by the Italian lira of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)">Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy</a> in 1806 and the <a href="/wiki/Lombardy-Venetia_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Lombardy-Venetia pound">Lombardy-Venetian lira</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">Italian lira</a> was reintroduced by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_San_Marco" title="Republic of San Marco">Republic of San Marco</a> in 1848 at par with the <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">French franc</a>, which finally replaced all previous currencies as well as the <i>lira piccola</i>, with the latter valued at 0.5116 Italian lira. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coins">Coins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_lira&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A huge variety of coins were minted under their post-1750 currency system when the <i>lira piccola</i> contained 2.4 grams fine silver, with many coins having unique names as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Copper <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soldo" title="Soldo">soldo</a> (<i>bezzo</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billon_(alloy)" title="Billon (alloy)">Billon</a> 1 <a href="/wiki/Soldo" title="Soldo">soldo</a> (<i>marchetto</i>), 2 soldi (<i>gazetto</i>, from which the <a href="/wiki/Gazette" title="Gazette">gazette</a> was named after), 5, 10, 15 soldi and 30 soldi (<i>lirazza</i>)</li> <li>Silver <i>Ducatello</i> or <i>Ducato Effettivo</i>: 8 lire (also in fractions of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> & <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span>)</li> <li>Silver <i>Ducatone</i> or <i>Giustiniano</i>: 11 lire (also in fractions of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> & <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span>)</li> <li>Silver <i>Scudo d'Argento</i> or <i>Scudo della Croce</i>: 12.4 lire (also in fractions of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> & <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span>)</li> <li>Gold <i>Zecchino</i> (or <a href="/wiki/Sequin_(coin)" title="Sequin (coin)">sequin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ducat" title="Ducat">ducat</a>; also in multiples): 22 lire</li> <li>Gold <i>Doppio</i> (also called <a href="/wiki/Doubloon" title="Doubloon">doubloon</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pistole" title="Pistole">pistole</a>): 38 lire.</li></ul> <p>The provisional government issued silver <i>tolleros</i> worth 10 <i>lire piccoli</i> in 1797. These were followed during the Austrian occupation by silver <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>, 1, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> and 2 <i>lire provinciale</i> worth much less than the <i>lira piccola</i>. 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pound">Egyptian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_pound" title="Lebanese pound">Lebanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alderney_pound" title="Alderney pound">Alderney pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_pound" title="Falkland Islands pound">Falkland Islands pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_pound" title="Gibraltar pound">Gibraltar pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guernsey_pound" title="Guernsey pound">Guernsey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_pound" title="Jersey pound">Jersey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_pound" title="Manx pound">Manx pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena_pound" title="Saint Helena pound">Saint Helena pound</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_pound" title="South Sudanese pound">South Sudanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_pound" title="Sudanese pound">Sudanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_pound" title="Syrian pound">Syrian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_lira" title="Turkish lira">Turkish lira</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local alternative currency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_pound" title="Bristol pound">Bristol pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton#Brixton_pound" title="Brixton">Brixton pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_pound" title="Exeter pound">Exeter pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewes_pound" title="Lewes pound">Lewes pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_pound" title="Liverpool pound">Liverpool pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroud_pound" title="Stroud pound">Stroud pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totnes_pound" title="Totnes pound">Totnes pound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Obsolete and historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mina_(unit)" title="Mina (unit)">Aeginetan mina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AM-Lira" title="AM-Lira">AM-Lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angevin_pound" title="Angevin pound">Angevin pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mina_(unit)" title="Mina (unit)">Attic mina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_pound" title="Australian pound">Australian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_pound" title="Bahamian pound">Bahamian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermudian_pound" title="Bermudian pound">Bermudian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biafran_pound" title="Biafran pound">Biafran pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_African_pound" title="British West African pound">British West African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Byzantine_litra" title="Pound (mass)">Byzantine litra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_pound" title="Canadian pound">Canadian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_pound" title="Connecticut pound">Connecticut pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_pound" title="Cypriot pound">Cypriot pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_pound" title="Delaware pound">Delaware pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_pound" title="Fijian pound">Fijian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_livre" title="French livre">French livre</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Livre_parisis" title="Livre parisis">Livre parisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">Livre tournois</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_colonial_livre" title="French colonial livre">French colonial livre</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_livre" title="Guadeloupe livre">Guadeloupe livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_livre" title="Haitian livre">Haitian livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_France_livre" title="New France livre">New France livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia_livre" title="Saint Lucia livre">Saint Lucia livre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_pound" title="Gambian pound">Gambian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_pound" title="Georgia pound">Georgia pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_pound" title="Ghanaian pound">Ghanaian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_pound" title="Irish pound">Irish punt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_pound" title="Israeli pound">Israeli lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">Italian lira</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_East_African_lira" title="Italian East African lira">Italian East African lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Somaliland_lira" title="Italian Somaliland lira">Italian Somaliland lira</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaca_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaca pound">Jaca pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_pound" title="Jamaican pound">Jamaican pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Oceanian_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese government-issued Oceanian pound">Japanese government-issued Oceanian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_livre" title="Jersey livre">Jersey livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_pound" title="Libyan pound">Libyan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lombardo-Venetian_lira" title="Lombardo-Venetian lira">Lombardo-Venetian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luccan_lira" title="Luccan lira">Luccan lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_livre" title="Luxembourg livre">Luxembourg livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_pound" title="Malawian pound">Malawian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_lira" title="Maltese lira">Maltese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_pound" title="Maryland pound">Maryland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_pound" title="Massachusetts pound">Massachusetts pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_pound" title="New Brunswick pound">New Brunswick pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinean_pound" title="New Guinean pound">New Guinean pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_pound" title="New Hampshire pound">New Hampshire pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_pound" title="New Jersey pound">New Jersey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_pound" title="New York pound">New York pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_pound" title="New Zealand pound">New Zealand pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_pound" title="Newfoundland pound">Newfoundland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_pound" title="Nigerian pound">Nigerian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_pound" title="North Carolina pound">North Carolina pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotian_pound" title="Nova Scotian pound">Nova Scotian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_lira" title="Ottoman lira">Ottoman lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_pound" title="Palestine pound">Palestine pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_lira" title="Papal lira">Papal lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parman_lira" title="Parman lira">Parman lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_pound" title="Pennsylvania pound">Pennsylvania pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_libra" title="Peruvian libra">Peruvian libra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_Scots" title="Pound Scots">Pound Scots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island_pound" title="Prince Edward Island pound">Prince Edward Island pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_pound" title="Rhode Island pound">Rhode Island pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_pound" title="Rhodesian pound">Rhodesian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_pound" title="Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound">Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman pound">Roman pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_lira" title="Sammarinese lira">Sammarinese lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardinian_lira" title="Sardinian lira">Sardinian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_pound" title="Solomon Islands pound">Solomon Islands pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_pound" title="South Carolina pound">South Carolina pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_pound" title="Southern Rhodesian pound">Southern Rhodesian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_pound" title="South African pound">South African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_African_pound" title="South West African pound">South West African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_pound" title="Tongan pound">Tongan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripolitanian_lira" title="Tripolitanian lira">Tripolitanian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscan_lira" title="Tuscan lira">Tuscan lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_lira" title="Vatican lira">Vatican lira</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Venetian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_pound" title="Virginia pound">Virginia pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Samoan_pound" title="Western Samoan pound">Western Samoan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_pound" title="Zambian pound">Zambian pound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical antecedents (mass)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement#Weight" title="Ancient Roman units of measurement">Roman pound</a> (<i>libra</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Tower_pound" title="Pound (mass)">Moneyer's pound</a> (England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grzywna_(unit)" title="Grzywna (unit)">Grzywna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grivna" title="Grivna">Grivna</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian%E2%80%93Genoese_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian–Genoese wars">Venetian–Genoese wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Saint_Sabas" title="War of Saint Sabas">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Curzola" title="War of Curzola">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Straits" title="War of the Straits">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Chioggia" title="War of Chioggia">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serrata_del_Maggior_Consiglio" title="Serrata del Maggior Consiglio">Serrata del Maggior Consiglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_War_(1304)" title="Salt War (1304)">Salt War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Ferrara_(1308%E2%80%931313)" title="War of Ferrara (1308–1313)">War of Ferrara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiepolo_conspiracy" title="Tiepolo conspiracy">Tiepolo conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyrniote_crusades" title="Smyrniote crusades">Smyrniote crusades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faliero_coup" title="Faliero coup">Faliero coup</a></li> <li>Wars of expansion in Italy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scaliger_War" title="Scaliger War">Scaliger War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paduan%E2%80%93Venetian_border_war" title="Paduan–Venetian border war">Border War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Padua" title="War of Padua">War of Padua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_in_Lombardy" title="Wars in Lombardy">Wars in Lombardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Ferrara_(1482%E2%80%931484)" title="War of Ferrara (1482–1484)">War of Ferrara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars" title="Italian Wars">Italian Wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1494%E2%80%931495" title="Italian War of 1494–1495">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars_of_1499%E2%80%931504#Second_Italian_War" title="Italian Wars of 1499–1504">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai" title="War of the League of Cambrai">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Urbino" title="War of Urbino">Urbino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1521%E2%80%931526" title="Italian War of 1521–1526">VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cognac" title="War of the League of Cognac">VII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_wars" title="Ottoman–Venetian wars">Ottoman–Venetian wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1463%E2%80%931479)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1499%E2%80%931503)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1537%E2%80%931540)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1570%E2%80%931573)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_War_(1645%E2%80%931669)" title="Cretan War (1645–1669)">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morean_War" title="Morean War">VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1714%E2%80%931718)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)">VII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">Fall</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice,_1706.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice%2C_1706.svg/100px-Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice%2C_1706.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice%2C_1706.svg/150px-Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice%2C_1706.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Albania" title="Venetian Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Cyprus" title="Venetian Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Dalmatia" title="Venetian Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands" title="Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Istria" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian Istria">Istria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Morea" title="Kingdom of the Morea">Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Negroponte" class="mw-redirect" title="Lordship of Negroponte">Negroponte</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Principal organs  </span> <a href="/wiki/Doge_of_Venice" title="Doge of Venice">Doge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dogaressa" title="Dogaressa">Dogaressa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Promissione_ducale" title="Promissione ducale">promissione ducale</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concio" title="Concio">Concio</a> (abolished 1423)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commune_of_Venice" title="Commune of Venice">Commune of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minor_Council" title="Minor Council">Minor Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signoria_of_Venice" title="Signoria of Venice">Signoria of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_College" title="Full College">Full College</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Savi_del_Consiglio" title="Savi del Consiglio">Savi del Consiglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savi_di_Terraferma" title="Savi di Terraferma">Savi di Terraferma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savi_agli_Ordini" title="Savi agli Ordini">Savi agli Ordini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurators_of_Saint_Mark" title="Procurators of Saint Mark">Procurators of Saint Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Council_of_Venice" title="Great Council of Venice">Great Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_nobility" title="Venetian nobility">Patriciate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonta_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Zonta (Republic of Venice)">Zonta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Senate" title="Venetian Senate">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ten" title="Council of Ten">Council of Ten</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Inquisitors" class="mw-redirect" title="State Inquisitors">State Inquisitors</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Forty" title="Council of Forty">Council of Forty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avogadoria_de_Com%C3%B9n" title="Avogadoria de Comùn">Avogadoria de Comùn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Correttori_alle_Leggi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Correttori alle Leggi (page does not exist)">Correttori alle Leggi</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Judicial magistracies  </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Auditors_(Republic_of_Venice)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auditors (Republic of Venice) (page does not exist)">Auditors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night_(Venice)" title="Lords of the Night (Venice)">Lords of the Night</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Fiscal magistracies  </span> <a href="/wiki/Camerlenghi_di_Comun" title="Camerlenghi di Comun">Camerlenghi di Comun</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Administrative magistracies  </span> <a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alle_acque" title="Magistrato alle acque">Magistrato alle acque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provveditori_all%27Armar" title="Provveditori all'Armar">Provveditori all'Armar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provveditori_sopra_beni_communali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provveditori sopra beni communali (page does not exist)">Provveditori sopra beni communali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provveditori_sopra_beni_inculti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provveditori sopra beni inculti (page does not exist)">Provveditori sopra beni inculti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esecutori_contro_la_bestemmia" title="Esecutori contro la bestemmia">Esecutori contro la bestemmia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censori_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Censori (Republic of Venice)">Censori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Holy_Inquisition#Savi_all'eresia" title="Venetian Holy Inquisition">Savi all'eresia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinque_savi_alla_mercanzia" title="Cinque savi alla mercanzia">Cinque savi alla mercanzia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alle_pompe" title="Magistrato alle pompe">Magistrato alle pompe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riformatori_dello_studio_di_Padova" title="Riformatori dello studio di Padova">Riformatori dello studio di Padova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alla_Sanit%C3%A0" title="Magistrato alla Sanità">Magistrato alla Sanità</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_chancellor_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Grand chancellor (Republic of Venice)">Grand chancellor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Military history of the Republic of Venice">Military history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battles_involving_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="List of battles involving the Republic of Venice">Conflicts and battles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_army" title="Venetian army">Venetian army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_navy" title="Venetian navy">Venetian navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Arsenal" title="Venetian Arsenal">Venetian Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_General_of_the_Sea" title="Captain General of the Sea">Captain General of the Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provveditore_Generale_da_Mar" title="Provveditore Generale da Mar">Provveditore Generale da Mar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_ranks_of_the_Venetian_navy" title="Category:Military ranks of the Venetian navy">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sailing_ships_of_the_Venetian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sailing ships of the Venetian Navy">Sailing ships</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Venice" title="Economic history of Venice">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Coinage of the Republic of Venice">Coinage</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zecca_of_Venice" title="Zecca of Venice">Zecca</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Venice" title="Bank of Venice">Bank of Venice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banco_del_Giro" title="Banco del Giro">Banco del Giro</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_glass" title="Venetian glass">Venetian glass</a></li> <li>Trade routes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Via_Argentaria" title="Via Argentaria">Via Argentaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_de_Zenta" title="Via de Zenta">Via de Zenta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_commercial_shipping&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Venetian commercial shipping (page does not exist)">Venetian commercial shipping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muda_(convoy)" title="Muda (convoy)">Muda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scuole_Grandi_of_Venice" title="Scuole Grandi of Venice">Scuole Grandi of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Gothic_architecture" title="Venetian Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Renaissance" title="Venetian Renaissance">Venetian Renaissance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Renaissance_architecture" title="Venetian Renaissance architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Venetian_Renaissance_humanists" title="Category:Venetian Renaissance humanists">Humanists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_School_(music)" title="Venetian School (music)">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_school_(art)" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian school (art)">Painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accademia_degli_Incogniti" title="Accademia degli Incogniti">Accademia degli Incogniti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accademia_Veneziana" title="Accademia Veneziana">Accademia Veneziana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucentaur" title="Bucentaur">Bucentaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Flag of the Republic of Venice">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice" title="Carnival of Venice">Carnival of Venice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Republic_of_Venice" title="Category:Republic of Venice"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFDEAD">Category</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Republic_of_Venice-related_articles" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> Historic currency and coinage of Italy</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_coins_in_Italy" title="History of coins in Italy">History of coins in Italy</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dritto,_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png/120px-Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png/180px-Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png/240px-Dritto%2C_Zecchino_Francesco_Morosini_1688-1694.png 2x" data-file-width="883" data-file-height="864" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_Cales" title="Coinage of Cales">Coinage of Cales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_Capua" title="Coinage of Capua">Coinage of Capua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_Suessa" title="Coinage of Suessa">Coinage of Suessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_the_Social_War_(91%E2%80%9388_BC)" title="Coinage of the Social War (91–88 BC)">Coinage of the Social War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_coinage_of_Italy_and_Sicily" title="Greek coinage of Italy and Sicily">Greek coinage of Italy and Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruscan_coins" title="Etruscan coins">Etruscan coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_currency" title="Roman currency">Roman currency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agontano" title="Agontano">Agontano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustalis" title="Augustalis">Augustalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baiocco" title="Baiocco">Baiocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolognino" 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