Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Antonio Veniero, 1382-1400. Ducato (Gold, 21 mm, 3.40 g, 1 h), a contemporary imitation, uncertain mint. NЄTO VЄNЄR - S M VЄNЄTI St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Antonio Veniero, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. •SIT•T•XPЄ•DAT'•Q•TV RЄGIS ISTЄ DVCAT Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with nine stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Cf. Friedberg 1229 and Paolucci 1 (for prototype). Minor marks, otherwise, about very fine.


From the Serenissima Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.