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1 Ducat
| Issuer | Republic of Lucca |
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| Year | 1450-1799 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the Volto Santo (the Holy Face of Lucca), depicted as a bearded effigy of Christ wearing a crown surmounted by a cross, rendered in a stylized medieval manner with flowing hair and drapery visible at the shoulders. The figure occupies the full field of the coin in a frontal orientation, characteristic of the long-standing Lucchese iconographic tradition. The surrounding legend in Latin reads S VVLTVS DE LVCA, identifying the sacred image as the Holy Face of Lucca, the city's most venerated relic and civic symbol. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Saint Martin of Tours on horseback, depicted in the act of dividing his military cloak with a sword to share it with a kneeling beggar at right, a scene emblematic of Christian charity and the patron saint of Lucca. The equestrian group is rendered in a dynamic, compact composition filling the coin's field, with the horse shown in profile moving to the left. The surrounding Latin legend reads S MARTINVS, invoking the name of the city's patron saint whose cult was central to Lucchese civic and religious identity. |
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