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Live auction - fwo_538296 - LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - ANONYMOUS Zecchino ou sequin 1738 Gênes

LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - ANONYMOUS Zecchino ou sequin 1738 Gênes VF
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Estimate : 1 000 €
Price : 570 €
Maximum bid : 570 €
End of the sale : 10 September 2019 19:17:10
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Zecchino ou sequin
Date: 1738
Mint name / Town : Gênes
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan voilé, présentant des faiblesses de frappe et une usure importante. Plusieurs coups à l’avers. Fine patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Chaponnière & Firmenich, Auction 9, lot n°400 et de la vente Ranieri, Asta 6, lot n°527

Obverse


Obverse legend : .DVX. ET. GVB. REIP. GENV. O. M..
Obverse description : Écu couronné orné de cuirs.
Obverse translation : (Ducs et gouverneurs de la République de Gênes).

Reverse


Reverse legend : .NON. SUREXIT. MAIOR. 1738..
Reverse description : Saint-Jean nimbé, debout drapé, tenant une croix à long pied de sa main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Il n’en est point paru de plus grand).

Commentary


La légende du revers est extraite de l’évangile selon Saint Mathieu : “Inter matos mulierum non surrexit maior Johanne Baptista”, pouvant se traduire par : “parmi ceux qui sont nés de femmes, il n’en est point paru de plus grand que Jean-Baptiste”.

Historical background


LIGURIA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA - ANONYMOUS

(Eighteenth century)

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