Historical clue formulations

• Modern lead-in to coin — 2025-07-29
• Venetian magistrate of old — 2024-12-03
• Lead-in to coin, for a meme currency — 2024-10-06
• Onetime Venetian V.I.P. — 2020-12-28
• Resident of the Palazzo Ducale — 2020-05-10
• Old Italian V.I.P. — 2020-02-21
• Old Venetian V.I.P. — 2014-07-27
• Ruler with a palace near St. Mark's — 2014-06-28
• Old Italian magistrate — 2012-04-29
• ___ of Venice — 2011-12-04
• Venetian V.I.P. of yore — 2008-04-13
• Bygone magistrate — 2007-08-31
• Venetian magistrate of old — 2006-12-14
• Old Venetian official — 2005-10-11
• "___ Andrea Gritti" (Titian portrait) — 2005-04-29
• Venetian bigwig — 2003-12-07
• Former Venetian magistrate — 2003-04-14
• Former Venetian V.I.P. — 2001-11-18
• Genoan official, once — 2000-06-08
• Former Italian leader — 1998-11-20
• Genoan V.I.P., once — 1998-05-17
• Venetian official, once — 1998-03-01
• Big cheese of Venice — 1998-02-14
• Venetian V.I.P. — 1997-03-28
• Venetian magistrate — 1995-04-27
• Venetian honcho — 1994-06-10
• Venetian magistrate — 1994-03-20