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").
Girolamo Priuli (1486–1567) Girolamo Priuli (1486 in Venice – 4 November 1567 in Venice) was a Venetian noble, who served as the eighty-third Doge of Venice, from 1 September 1559 until his sudden death from a stroke in 1567.