The Venetian grosso is a silver coin first introduced in Venice under a doge that died in what year?
Venetian grosso The Venetian grosso (plural Grossi) is a silver coin first introduced in Venice in 1193 under doge Enrico Dandolo. It originally weighed 2.18 grams, was composed of 98.5% pure silver, and was valued at 26 dinarii. Its name is from the same root as "groschen" and the English groat, all deriving ultimately from the "denaro grosso" ("large penny").
Giorgio Adorno Giorgio Adorno was a politician and statesman who became doge of the Republic of Genoa. His father was Adornino Adorno and his mother Nicolosia della Rocca and his brother, Antoniotto, was elected four times as doge of the Republic. He was born c. 1350 but little is known about his youth except that he married Pietrina Montaldo, daughter of the doge Leonardo Montaldo. With her he had nine children including the future doge Raffaele Adorno.