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1 Osella - Lodovico Manin Double Weight
| Issuer | Venice, Republic of |
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| Year | 1796 |
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| Diameter | 31 mm |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical standing figure of the Republic (Republica) facing right, attired in ducal robes and the distinctive Venetian ducal cap (corno ducale), receiving the homage of a kneeling citizen at left. The composition conveys the civic bond between ruler and republic in a classicizing baroque style. The mintmaster's initials F·B· appear in the exergue below the figural group. The encircling legend reads MATRI AMANTI AMANTES FILII, with two pellets flanking the initials. |
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| Reverse description | A five-line dedicatory inscription in Roman capitals, reading LUDOVICI / MANIN / PRINCIPIS / MUNUS·AN.VIII / 1796, elegantly centered within a finely engraved closed laurel wreath tied at the base with a small ornamental device. The wreath is rendered in high relief with carefully detailed leaves, and the coin's milled border frames the composition. The reverse records this osella as the gift (munus) of Doge Lodovico Manin in the eighth year of his reign. |
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| Mintage | 1796 FB - VIII |
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