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1863 . "Italian States/ Venice Silver Grosso, struck under Doge Ant

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1863 .  Italian States/ Venice Silver Grosso, struck under Doge Ant
Italian States/ Venice Silver Grosso, struck under Doge Antonio Venier in the period of the 'Crusade of Nicopolis'. This was one of the last large-scale Crusades of the Middle Ages. Venice feared Ottoman control and supplied a naval fleet for supporting action. On 25 September 1396 the allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy was routed by the Ottoman forces at the Battle of Nicopolis.