2 Soldo Italy Copper

1691, Venice (Armata & Morea). Copper Gazzetta (2 Soldi) Coin.

Reference: KM-3. 

Doge: Anonymous  

Mint Period: 1691-1714 AD 

Denomination: Gazzetta (2 Soldi) 

Region (struck for):  Armata (Naval & Armed    Forces of Venice) & Morea (Greece) 

Diameter: 30mm 

Material: Copper 

Weight: 6.55gm

Obverse: Lion of San Marco. Legend: * S . MARC . VEN * Exergue: II

Reverse: Inscription in three lines (“ARMATA ET MOREA ”) terminated by rosettes.

The Morea (Greek: Μορέας or Μωριάς) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The name was used for the Byzantine province known as the Despotate of the Morea, by the Ottoman Empire for the Morea Eyalet, and by the Republic of Venice for the short-lived Kingdom of the Morea.

The Doge of Venice (Doxe de Venexia [ˈdɔːze de veˈnɛsja]; Italian: Doge di Venezia; all derived from Latin dūx, “military leader”), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian Duca), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for 1,100 years (697–1797). Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state’s aristocracy. Commonly the man selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city. The doge was neither a duke in the modern sense, nor the equivalent of a hereditary duke. The title “doge” was the title of the senior-most elected official of Venice and Genoa; both cities were republics and elected doges. A doge was referred to variously by the titles “My Lord the Doge” (Monsignor el Doxe), “Most Serene Prince” (Serenissimo Principe), and “His Serenity” (Sua Serenità).