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1/4 Zecchino - Alvise Mocenigo III
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1722-1732 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Christ in Majesty seated facing within an ornate pointed mandorla decorated with stars or lilies, rendered in the Byzantine hieratic tradition. He raises his right hand in benediction and holds the Gospels in his left hand, clad in richly detailed robes. The mandorla is surrounded by a beaded or jewelled border, and the entire composition is encircled by the split Latin legend ·EGO·SVM· ·LVX·MVN·, an abbreviated reference to the Gospel of John (8:12): 'Ego sum lux mundi' ('I am the light of the world'). The design closely follows the long-established iconographic formula of the Venetian zecchino, maintaining the solemn, frontal Byzantine aesthetic. A beaded outer border frames the reverse field. |
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| Mint | Venice Mint |
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