ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Pasqual Cicogna, 1585-1595. Zecchino (Gold, 20 mm, 3.45 g, 4 h). PASC•CICON - •S•M•VENETI St. Mark standing right, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and presenting banner inscribed DVX to doge Pasqual Cicogna, kneeling to left and raising his head toward the saint. Rev. SIT•T•XPE•DAT•Q•TV REGIS•ISTE•DVCA• Christ, nimbate, standing facing in mandorla with seventeen stars, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Friedberg 1270. Paolucci 1. Minor marks, otherwise, very fine.
From the Serenissima Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.