Marc Antonio Bragadino
Famagusta   Venetian Cyprus

Bezant AE 27

SHH 4958

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

6,53 g   25.4-26.8 mm   1:00 o'clock   VF Nimbate winged lion of St. Marco facing, holding Book of Gospels; PRO (fleur de lis) REGNI (fleur de lis) CYPRI (fleur de lis) PRES[S]IDIO (fleur de lis) clockwise around; border  of dots. Inscription on four lines VENETORV // FIDES INV[I] // OLABILIS // BISANTE; cupid above; I between  fleur de lis in exergue; border of dots. Minted in Famagusta during the Ottoman siege. Schlumberger Pl. VIII.14 variant; Tziambazis 8