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Alvise II Mocenigo 1700-1709.
Third coin from the left and pictured at the start of this article.
Obverse: St. Mark the Evangelist patron saint of Venice, who is depicted with a beard and halo, standing facing right and wrapped in a large cloak while holding the Gospel with his left hand. The Doge knelling to his right, wears a fur-trimmed cloak and the ducal cap, under a banner with a cross on top, besides which in vertical letters "DUX". Doge Alvise II Mocenigo is the highest official of the Republic of Venice. Legend: ALOY MOCENI - S·M·VENET· Reverse: Full-length facing figure of Christ in beaded ellipse lined with stars. Legend: SIT·T·XPE. DAT.Q.TV REGIS·ISTE·DVCA. "Christ, let this duchy that you rule be given to you". The Design of these coins remained unchanged for over 500 years from 1284 to the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797. Mint: Zacca mint of Venice from which the coin gets its name from 1543, originally named Ducat. Catalogue: Friedberg 1358.
Byzantine Empire under the Hereclian dynasty 610-695 A.D. Heraclius, the first Emperor in this dynasty ruled from 5th October 610 to 11th February 641. After the division in the Roman Empire in 395 A.D, the city of Byzantium was rebuilt and renamed Constantinople by Constantine the Great in 330 A.D. This great city was to become the administrative centre […]
Alvise II Mocenigo 1700-1709. 1 Zacchino 1700-09. (Venetian Ducat). Third coin from the left and pictured at the start of this article. Obverse: St. Mark the Evangelist patron saint of Venice, who is depicted with a beard and halo, standing facing right and wrapped in a large cloak while holding the Gospel with his left […]
IRELAND. King Charles II Reign, 1645-1685. 'St Patrick's' coinage. (or is it a token?) Halfpenny (small size), with a brass plug (crown on the obverse) impressed into the flan to help prevent counterfeiting and also to creat the illusion the royal crown is made of gold. Obverse: King David kneeling playing a harp, while gazing […]
