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1363, Italian States, Genoa (Republic), Gabriele Adorno (Doge). Silver Grosso Coin.

Condition: About VF
Denomination: Grosso
References: Biaggi 867.
Mint Period: 1363-1370
Diameter: 23mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 2.43gm

Obverse: Stylized castle (arms of the Genoese Republic). Initial (C) below. All within polylobe adorned with dots in outer and three-leafed symbols in inner fields.

Reverse: Short cross within polylobe adorned with dots in outer and three-leafed symbols in inner fields.

Gabriele Adorno (1320–1398) was the fourth Doge of Genoa. A member of the noble Adorno family, he was elected on 14 March 1363 to succeed Simone Boccanegra, who had died in office; he remained in the position until 13 August 1370 and was succeeded by Domenico di Campofregoso. Adorno is a character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra; he is the tenor lead, and is the love interest of Boccanegra's daughter. In the opera, Boccanegra names Adorno his successor before dying.

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa (Italian: Repubblica di Genova, Ligurian: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean.

It began when Genoa became a self-governing commune within the Regnum Italicum, and ended when it was conquered by First French Republic under Napoleon and replaced with the Ligurian Republic. Corsica was ceded in the Treaty of Versailles of 1768. The Ligurian Republic was annexed by the First French Empire in 1805, and its restoration was briefly proclaimed in 1814 following the defeat of Napoleon, but was ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.

Today Genoa is the name of the capital city of Liguria, a northwestern region of Italy.

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