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1 Osella - Alvise Contarini
| Issuer | Venice, Republic of |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Currency | Lira (1618-1752) |
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| Obverse description | St. Mark, patron saint of Venice, seated facing left and presenting a staff surmounted by a cross and pennant to the kneeling Doge Alvise Contarini, who faces right in a posture of devotion. The scene is rendered in the traditional Venetian ceremonial style, with the investiture composition occupying the full field. The mintmaster's initials appear in the exergue below the figures. The circular Latin legend names the Doge and references the mintmaster's mark. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·S·M·V·ALOYSIVS·CON·D *A·Z* |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a six-line Latin dedicatory inscription in bold upright lettering centered within the field, recording this osella as a gift of Doge Alvise Contarini in the first year of his reign. The date 1676 and the year of the city's founding (1256) are incorporated into the surrounding circular legend, which runs along the inner border of the coin. The inscription and legend together follow the established Venetian osella formula, combining the Christian era date with the traditional Venetian anno urbis condita reckoning. |
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