Description
Copies of Venetian Ducats not in gold, though they occasionally did those as well. But in silver!
According to one source.
Local imitations of Venetian ducatswere struck in the Levant because Venetian coin types were widely recognized and trusted in eastern Mediterranean trade. By copying this familiar design, local authorities could produce coins that would circulate more readily in a commercially connected region shaped by crusader, Byzantine, and Italian maritime exchange. These silver imitations reflect the prestige of Venetian coinage, adapted to local economic conditions.
Since this was a thing, I have decided to put to use a worn set of Ducat dies I have. Which not longer strike up Nugold, but will strike pewter.
So, if you have a merchant persona or any dealings with the Levant, Mediterranean, or Crusader States you would have encountered these. Their hay day seems to have been from the 1300s to the 1500s. One source says as late as the 1700s
