Are these coins brought by Marco Polo or other venetian traders?
Are these available for public display in any museums
Thanks for the pictures and this piece of history.

These coins are not really rare on account of the wide spread of the Venetian trade network.

They can be found in Museums and even with coin collectors all over. I have seen many with coin collectors in India too.

Needless to say a search for ‘Venice + ducats’ on eBay will yield many dealers.

However a word of caution here. Beware of fakes. Buy from a dealer with a good record only.

I have a piece of this coin.I am from Macedonia,can anybody guide me,can someone tell me what is the numizmatic price of this coin?
And is this the coin of imerator Cornelius,or what is the name of this coin.
I will send pics some time.

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It was for the first time that the coins of the Adi Chera period was excavated from Kerala. Till now, the historical connection of the State (especially Muziris), with the Adi Chera empire was limited to the references in Greek and Tamil literature and inscriptions.

Historians and archaeological studies have confirmed that there were two headquarters of the Adi Chera Kings, Karur and Muziris.

http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043014340300.htm

How to get the photo of the coin ?

Hinduism and Budhism may have played a role in shaping some part of Christian thought as is evident
from the legend of “Barlaam and Ioasaph”.These figures even have feast days in the Orthodox as well as Catholic churches.Ioasaph is actually a corruption of the name Bodhisattva and probably Kashmir
which earlier had a sizeable Budhist population had a role in the propagation of the legend into Christian lands.Amazingly Kashmir has a tomb of Yuz Asaf which everyone says is Jesus’s tomb.The similarity in the names Ioasaph and Yuz Asaf leaves me wondering!!!!!