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Live auction - fwo_685098 - ITALY - VENICE - FRANCESCO FOSCARI (65th doge) Zecchino (Sequin) n.d. Venise

ITALY - VENICE - FRANCESCO FOSCARI (65th doge) Zecchino (Sequin) n.d. Venise AU
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Estimate : 700 €
Price : 482 €
Maximum bid : 540 €
End of the sale : 07 September 2021 19:39:30
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Zecchino (Sequin)
Date: (1423-1457)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Venise
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Edge : Lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce sequin est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage. Beaux reliefs
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : FRAC. FOSCARI - S. M. VENETI..
Obverse description : Le doge agenouillé devant saint Marc ; au-dessus DVX.
Obverse translation : (Francecso Foscari, Saint-Marc de Venise).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SIT. T XPE. DAT. Q. TV - RESIS. ISTE. DVCAT.
Reverse description : Le Christ nimbé, debout de face, rayonnant, dans une mandorle contenant neuf étoiles, bénissant de la main droite, tenant la bible de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Sit tibi, Christe, datus quem tu regis, iste ducatus).

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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