Grossetto
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɹoʊˈsɛtoʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grossetto is a noun meaning (historical, numismatics) An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.
Meaning
(historical, numismatics) An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.
Example Sentences
However, six years after his death a new double grosso was introduced; from this point on the term grossone would be used for the new large coin, and grossetto for the normal grosso.
Probably the best-known example of this is the grosso, with its varieties, the grossetto and the grossone; these names can of course be traced to the numi grossi, i. e., thick coins, or large denarii originally struck in Bohemia in the thirteenth century.
A copper piece, called the grossetto, and resembling the grosso in character and design, but having on the reverse the legend TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, made its first appearance under the Doge Veniero (1383-1400) and at a later period we find the half-grossetto (1523-38).
Word Forms
- grossetti
Related Words
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