fwo_892952 - ITALY - VENICE - ALVISE IV MOCENIGO (118th doge) 1 Zecchino (Sequin) n.d. Venise

MS63

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Type : 1 Zecchino (Sequin)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Venise

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,40 g.

Edge : lisse

Slab

NGC : MS63

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sous coque NGC MS63

Catalogue references :

M. (v)2896

Obverse

Obverse legend : ALOY. MOCEN. - S. M. VENET..

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

Obverse translation : (Alvise Mocenigo. Saint-Marc de Venise).

Reverse

Reverse legend : * EGO * SVM * * LVX * MVN * .

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.

Commentary

Le dogat d’Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo dure de son élection en 1763 à sa mort en 1778.

Historical background

ITALY - VENICE - ALVISE IV MOCENIGO (118th doge)

(1763-1778)

He belongs to the very powerful Mocenigo family which gave four doges to the Republic: Alvise I (1570-1577), Alvise II (1700-1709), Alvise III (1722-1732), and Alvise IV (1763-1778). Alvise IV seeks in vain to stop the economic decline of Venice by creating new commercial reasons. By limiting privileges of the clergy, he comes into conflict with Pope Clement XIII.