fwo_634057 - ITALY - VENICE - PASQUALE CICOGNA (88th doge) Zecchino (Sequin) n.d. Venise

ITALY - VENICE - PASQUALE CICOGNA (88th doge) Zecchino (Sequin) n.d. Venise XF

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Type : Zecchino (Sequin)

Date: (1585-1595)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Venise

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 3,48 g.

Catalogue references :

CNI/VII.198 p. 508, (18/11) - F.1270

Obverse

Obverse legend : PASC. CICON. - S. M. VENET..

Obverse description : Le doge agenouillé devant saint Marc ; DVX au-dessus du doge.

Obverse translation : (Pascal Cicogna ; Saint Marc de Venise ; Duc).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SIT. T. XPEDAT QTV - REGISTE DVCAT..

Reverse description : Le Christ nimbé, debout de face, rayonnant, dans une mandorle contenant dix-neuf étoiles, bénissant de la main droite, tenant la bible de la main gauche.

Historical background

ITALY - VENICE - PASQUALE CICOGNA (88th doge)

(1585-1595)

Pascal Cicogna succeeded Nicolas da Ponte in 1585. His doganat lasted ten years and he was replaced in 1595 by Marino Grimani.