fwo_438775 - ITALY - VENICE - FRANCESCO FOSCARI (65th doge) Grosso ou Matapan n.d. Venise
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 90.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 90.00 €
Type : Grosso ou Matapan
Date: (1373-1457)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Venise
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,60 g.
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est bien centré sur un flan régulier et présente de petites faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + TIBI. LAVS. - .[ET]. GLORIA..
Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant de la gauche les Évangiles.
Obverse translation : (À Toi, gloire et louange).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FRAC. FOSCARI - S. M. VENETI..
Reverse description : Le Doge et Saint-Marc debout de face, tenant ensemble l'oriflamme de la République ; dans le champ, verticalement D/V/X.
Reverse translation : (Francecso Foscari, Saint-Marc de Venise).
Historical background
ITALY - VENICE - FRANCESCO FOSCARI (65th doge)
(1423-1457)
Francesco Foscari was elected at the age of 49 on April 15, 1423 in preference to Admiral Pietro Loredano. Thanks to him the Republic of Venice knows its longest reign, more than 34 years, as well as the greatest territorial expansion of its history, bringing together under a single legislation all Veneto and Friuli.
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