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 :

F.438 - CNI/XVIII.n° 2, p. 469

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”.
The legend on the reverse is taken from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew: “Inter matos mulierum non surrexit maior Johanne Baptista”, which can be translated as: “among those born of women, there has not arisen one greater than John the Baptist”