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1/2 Lira - Nicolò Marcello
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1473-1474 |
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| Value | 1/2 Lira |
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| Obverse description | Two standing figures face one another: at left, St. Mark the Evangelist, nimbed and robed, extends the banner of Venice toward the Doge; at right, Doge Nicolò Marcello, shown in ducal robes and corno ducale, receives the standard in a gesture of investiture. A vertical staff separates the two figures. The surrounding legend, reading NI` MARCELL` • S • M • VENETI, is distributed around the coin field in the characteristic Venetian hammered style. |
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| Reverse description | Christ enthroned in majesty, depicted frontally within a mandorla or nimbus of rays, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in his left. The figure is rendered in the Byzantine-influenced Venetian tradition typical of the period. The surrounding legend reads TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, a devotional inscription proclaiming praise and glory, separated by pellets and cross stops. |
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| Mint | Venice Mint (Zecca di Venezia) |
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