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11 Zecchini - Francesco Morosini
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1688-1694 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse description | Central large foliated cross with a rose at its center and a leaf occupying each angle, the entire device enclosed within a beaded circle. The mintmaster's initials 'G A·G' appear in the exergue below the cross. The surrounding legend names the doge in the nominative form, separated by pellets. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Francesco Morosini was elected Doge in 1688 on the strength of his military reputation — he had personally commanded the Venetian forces that retook the Peloponnese from the Ottoman Empire, a campaign that also, infamously, included the 1687 mortar bombardment of the Parthenon, then being used as a powder magazine. The multiple-zecchino format was a prestige denomination, struck in quantities too small for ordinary commerce and intended for diplomatic gifts and high-value mercantile settlement in the Levantine trade.
Morosini died in 1694 at Nauplia while on campaign, still in command of Venetian forces at age 75, making this a relatively short-lived doge issue.