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ITALY - VENICE - TOMASO MOCENIGO (64th doge) Ducat d’or 1414-1423 Venise XF

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	420 €
Maximum bid :	532 €
End of the sale :	01 March 2016 18:00:24
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Ducat d’or

Date: 1414-1423

Mint name / Town : Venise

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 997 ‰

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,37 g.

Edge : Lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce ducat est frappé sur un petit flan ovale. Les détails sont bien venus à la frappe. Rayures de part et d’autre dans le champ

Catalogue references :

Mont. (V)150 - F.1231

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse

Obverse legend : TOM. MOCENIGO - S. M. VENETI..

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

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : SIT. T. XPE. DAT. Q. TV - REGIS. 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.

Historical background

ITALY - VENICE - TOMASO MOCENIGO (64th doge)

(1414-1423)

Tommaso Mocenigo was elected as the 64th doge of Venice in 1414. He died in April 1423. He came from a noble patrician family in Venice, which gave several doges to the city. The Mocenigo family is mentioned as early as the 12th century and remains one of the most illustrious in the Republic of Venice..