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2 Zecchini / 1/4 Ducato - Alvise Mocenigo IV Pattern
| Issuer | Zecca di Venezia |
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| Year | 1763-1767 |
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| Value | 2 Zecchini (40) |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts two standing figures facing one another beneath a rounded arch with beaded border: at left, Saint Mark, nimbed and robed, raises his right hand in blessing while his left hand rests upon an open gospel book set on a lectern; at right, Doge Alvise Mocenigo IV stands in ducal robes and corno ducale, holding a processional staff surmounted by a cross in his right hand and receiving the saint's benediction. The initials D · G · appear in the lower exergue. The surrounding Latin legend reads S · M · V · ALOY : MOCENI · D, distributed around the beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✿ S ✿ M ✿ V ✿ ALOY : MOCENI •✿ D |
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Alvise Mocenigo IV served as Doge from 1763 to 1778, but this pattern was struck during the opening years of his reign when the Zecca was experimenting with a fractional ducat denomination that never entered regular production. The 2 Zecchini valuation placed it in an awkward position between established denominations, which likely explains why it remained a pattern — Venice's monetary conservatism was notorious, and the Senate had little appetite for denominations that disrupted the zecchino's centuries-old commercial role in Levantine trade.
CNI VIII#57 places this among a small cluster of Mocenigo IV patterns, none of which progressed to circulation strikes.