Watch List notes:

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Mocenigo, 1478-1485. Ducato (Gold, 21 mm, 3.53 g, 6 h). IO MOCЄNICO - •S•M•VЄNЄTI St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Giovanni Mocenigo, 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. Friedberg 1239. Paolucci 1. Rare. Light doubling and the flan slightly wavy, otherwise, extremely fine.


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