GOLD ZECCHINO OF MARINO GRIMANI FROM VENICE

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GOLD ZECCHINO OF MARINO GRIMANI FROM VENICE

Period / Age: 1595 - 1605 AD

Provenance: Private English Collection

Dimensions:

Diameter: 20.8mm (0.82”)
Weight: 3.49g

OBVERSE:
St. Mark standing at left presenting staff with DVX vertically at the top to doge kneeling at right.
The legend reads: MARIN·GRIM· S·M·VENET·DVX

REVERSE:
The full-length facing figure of Christ in beaded ellipse lined with stars.
The legend reads: ·SIT·T·XPE·DAT·Q·TV· REGIST·ISTE·DVCA·
A motto in Latin hexameter: Sit tibi, Christe, datus // quem tū regis, iste ducātus (“Christ, let this duchy that you rule be given to you”).

CONDITION: Good. Toned