grossetto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grossetto, diminutive of grosso.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊˈsɛtoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊˈsɛtəʊ/
Noun
grossetto (plural grossetti)
- (historical, numismatics) An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.
- 1884, The Antiquary, volume 9:
- A copper piece, called the grossetto, and resembling the grosso in character and design, but having on the reverse the legend TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, made its first appearance under the Doge Veniero (1383-1400) and at a later period we find the half-grossetto (1523-38).
- 1917, “The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Those Interested in Coins, Medals, and Paper Money”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 30:
- Probably the best-known example of this is the grosso, with its varieties, the grossetto and the grossone; these names can of course be traced to the numi grossi, i. e., thick coins, or large denarii originally struck in Bohemia in the thirteenth century.
- 2013, Benjamin Arbel, Intercultural Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean:
- However, six years after his death a new double grosso was introduced; from this point on the term grossone would be used for the new large coin, and grossetto for the normal grosso.
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Related terms
- grosso
- grossone
Translations
fourteenth-century Italian coin