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4 Zecchini - Francesco Morosini
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1690 |
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| Value | 4 Zecchini (80) |
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| Obverse description | St. Mark, the patron saint of Venice, is depicted seated at left, extending a staff bearing a cross and pennant toward the kneeling Doge Francesco Morosini at right, in a traditional investiture composition. The Doge is shown in profile, receiving the ducal standard in a posture of reverence. The legend encircles the design, identifying the issuing authority and the doge by name. Mintmaster's initials appear in the exergue below the figures. The scene is rendered in the refined late Venetian engraving style characteristic of seventeenth-century Zecchini coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·S·M·V·FRAN·MAVROCE·D P·P |
| Reverse description | A sword is depicted horizontally, pointing to the left, draped with a ribbon or laurel band, symbolizing military victory. Above the sword rests an antique pileus (cap of Liberty), a classical emblem of freedom and triumph. The date is inscribed in the exergue in two lines, accompanied by the regnal year designation. The surrounding legend references the unique glory of victory, reflecting Morosini's celebrated military campaigns, particularly the conquest of the Peloponnese. The composition is austere and emblematic, consistent with the commemorative allegorical reverses employed on Venetian multiple-zecchino gold issues. |
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